(WXYZ) — After a chemical spill was reported in the Huron River this week, many are wondering what hexavalent chromium is and how it could affect their health. Here ...

It's widely known that wildfire smoke is bad for your health, but a group of researchers recently found a known carcinogen in California wildfire ash, raising concerns about just how harmful it could ...

EPA issues new guidelines for monitoring chromium-6 in drinking water. Jan. 12, 2011 -- Several weeks after promising to address the issue of chromium-6 levels in drinking water, the U.S.

Wildfires in parts of the U.S. West may be transforming a benign form of chromium into its cancer-causing counterpart — potentially endangering first responders and surrounding communities, a new ...

Hexavalent chromium nanoparticles were found in air samples gathered by researchers over the course of several days in the spring as they drove through and around the Eaton and Palisades fire burn ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California regulators voted Wednesday to establish a drinking water limit on hexavalent chromium, a toxic chemical compound made infamous by the movie “Erin Brockovich.” The rule is ...

There’s a toxic history to the shiny decorative finishes so ubiquitous on the wheels and bumpers of classic cars. Chrome plating is important to a variety of consumer products from vintage automobiles ...

Maximum contaminant level of 10 parts per billion of chromium 6 in drinking water is set under new rule to take effect Oct. 1. California’s Water Resources Control Board has voted to adopt a new ...

When Georgia environmental officials analyzed the first ash samples collected after the September 2024 BioLab chemical fire ...

The two Paramount metal processing firms accused by the South Coast Air Quality Management District of emitting high levels of the carcinogen hexavalent chromium said Friday they are taking steps to ...

The Colorado River replenishes groundwater at the end of the Coachella Canal, pictured here in 2022. The water district that serves the Coachella Valley estimates that reducing chromium-6 to the new ...