date:Aug 16, 2012
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The report also found this threat isnt limited to California. At least 74 million Americans in thousands of communities across 42 states drink tap water polluted with total chromium, which includes hexavalent and other forms of the metal.
Even though hexavalent chromium is known to cause cancer, reproductive harm and other severe health effects, there is no national or state drinking water standard for hexavalent chromium. Therefore, water agencies dont have to comprehensively monitor for or