In the past, hexavalent chromium was widely used in various industries, including for automobiles and steel, due to its appealing appearance and resistance to discoloration and corrosion.
Five decades ago, a chrome-plating plant in Waverly Twp. stored its distinctive red-and-green industrial wastewater in an unlined lagoon, leading to groundwater, surface water and soil contamination.
Our studies have demonstrated that hexavalent chromium, a group I human carcinogen, can modulate epigenetic programming by targeting histone modification enzymes. This targeting leads to the silencing ...
a common green pigment and one of the safer compounds in a family that includes spectacularly toxic species like hexavalent chromium compounds. When mixed together, the two powders are heated in a ...
Residents near Clinton, Missouri, are worried about potential contamination after recent tests found elevated levels of cancer-causing chemicals in an Evergy dump site.