Environmental Working Group: California's Proposed Chromium-6 Drinking Water Limit Fails to Protect Public Health
August 03, 2023
August 03, 2023
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- The Environmental Working Group issued the following news release:
Today California's State Water Resources Board convened a hearing on its proposed drinking water limit for hexavalent chromium, commonly known as chromium-6, the notorious "Erin Brockovich" carcinogen.
The water board is recommending a maximum contaminant level, or MCL, limiting allowable chromium-6 in drinking water to 10 parts per billion, or ppb. But the state's Office . . .
Today California's State Water Resources Board convened a hearing on its proposed drinking water limit for hexavalent chromium, commonly known as chromium-6, the notorious "Erin Brockovich" carcinogen.
The water board is recommending a maximum contaminant level, or MCL, limiting allowable chromium-6 in drinking water to 10 parts per billion, or ppb. But the state's Office . . .