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Whitewashing Toxic Chemicals [1]

If anyone remakes "Erin Brockovich," this is a scene I want to see. A scientist launches a study to determine the toxicity of hexavalent chromium, the drinking-water contaminant at the center of the lawsuits Brockovich spearheaded. The study will be a meta-analysis, combining existing individual studies to, he says, produce more-authoritative conclusions.

Publication Date: 
12/05/2008
Sharon Begley [2]
Newsweek (New York) [3]
Tags:
Drinking Water [4], Cancer [5], Toxicity Studies [6], Scientists [7]
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