What is hexavalent
chromium (chromium 6)
Why am I so worried
about your drinking water?
Hinkley, California is now a
(Ghost Town)
Or
with the exception
of the company
[Pacific
Gas and Electric]
that poisoned the
towns drinking water!
IS IT
IN YOUR WATER?
Bottom
line.
If you
live within a Hinkley town distance from a dirty business, get you water
tested, by a reliable company and then get a reliable second opinion, the life
you save could be your own.
While
you are doing this
be thinking about
your vote in November.
be thinking about
your vote in November.
Let's find out why
our government officials
are allowing those
dirty businesses
to still be
polluting
our drinking water
The
Dangers of
Hexavalent Chromium (Chromium 6)
Where does
hexavalent chromium come from?
In addition to
natural sources,
hexavalent chromium enters drinking water sources through
discharges of dye and paint pigments, wood preservatives, chrome plating
wastes,
and leaching from hazardous waste sites.
In other words,
'NO
this is the exact wording'
from careless company treatment of their chemicals
into the ground and/or our water!
Not surprisingly,
communities near chromium waste disposal sites or chromium manufacturing and
processing plants are at particular risk of exposure.
Probably the most
impacted people are workers exposed on the job.
Chromium occurs in
the environment largely in two forms: trivalent chromium (chromium 3),
which is
an essential human nutrient,
and
hexavalent chromium (chromium 6),
which is the
most toxic form of the element.
Currently, chromium is regulated in drinking
water as total chromium and the California drinking water standard of 50 parts
per billion measures the amount of both toxic (hexavalent) and non- or
less-toxic (trivalent) chromium in the water.
Basing the standard on the
combined levels of both types of chromium does not adequately protect public
health because hexavalent chromium is more toxic at much lower levels than the
other form. A combined standard leaves the public vulnerable to health effects
from hexavalent chromium.
In the drinking
water
If you remember, in
the movie Erin Brockovich, chromium hexavalent is the dangerous chemical
compound that Ms. Brockovich helped to eradicate from Hinkley, California’s
water supply.
Why did she pursue
the fight?
Because chromium
hexavalent is extremely toxic and dangerous.
The Health Dangers of Chromium
Hexavalent
by Dr. Edward Group
DC, NP, DACBN, DCBCN, DABFM Published on April 3, 2013, Last Updated on June
18, 2014
McFarland,
California poison well water
