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Widespread groundwater contamination risk from chromium [1]

When Erin Brockovich sued a major utility company in the 1990s for contaminating drinking water with hexavalent chromium, a toxic and carcinogenic metal, national attention turned to California.

Publication Date: 
24/07/2018
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Water Pollution [3], Groundwater Pollution [4], California [5], Heavy Metals [6], Water Management [7], Industrial Pollution [8], United States Of America (US) [9], Water Pollution Control [10]
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