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Author    Post   untanglingwebs El Supremo http://patch.com/michigan/stclairshores/s/fw2ee/what-michigan-communities-have-chromium-6-in-their-water-and-how-much?utm_source=alert-breakingnews&utm_medium=email&utm_term=health+%26+fitness&utm_campaign=alert Shared from the Royal Oak, MI Patch | Health & Fitness Which Michigan Communities Have Chromium 6 In Their Water — And How Much? The “Erin Brockovich” carcinogen is found throughout Michigan, but what is an acceptable level? By Beth Dalbey (Patch Staff) - September 21, 2016 2:52 pm ET Click on the above link as there is an interactive map and water results that include Genesee County as well as the Detroit water system Thu Sep 22, 2016 6:10 am  untanglingwebs El Supremo A new report shows drinking water supplies in Detroit and at many of its suburbs have the cancer-causing toxin chromium 6, which became a household name after Julia Roberts’ 2000 megahit based on the real-life environmentalist Erin Brockovich’s investigation of groundwater in Hinkley, California. Chromium 6 has been linked to cancer, reproductive problems and liver problems, but none of the measurements in Michigan communities come close to the levels in Hinkley — about 1.19 parts per billion, with a peak of 3.09 ppb — according to the report from the Environmental Working Group. Furthermore, none of the towns on the list exceed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s maximum of 100 parts per billion of total chromium. The Environmental Working Group identified towns that exceed 0.02 parts per billion in tap water, a level that California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment set as a public health goal in 2011. The goal was set after Brockovich was successful in building a case against the Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) of California in 1993 that blamed the company for contaminating local water. Officials in California believe even that level of the contaminant can be harmful and pose a cancer threat — not just for people who drink the water, but also bathe in it or have any contact. The Environmental Working Group, a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to protecting human health and the environment, analyzed federal data from nationwide drinking water tests showing that the compound contaminates water supplies for more than 200 million Americans in all 50 states. "Yet federal regulations are stalled by a chemical industry challenge that could mean no national regulation of a chemical state scientists in California and elsewhere say causes cancer when ingested at even extraordinarily low levels," according to the report. Here is the list of cities, water commissions and countywide agencies that were tested for chromium 6, and the findings: Thu Sep 22, 2016 6:19 am    Display posts from previous:   All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First

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