Hollywood will make no sequel to Erin Brockovich, nor will Pacific Gas & Electric be reimbursed $333 million. However, after nearly 20 years the truth about hexavalent chromium has finally been ...

The Sukinda valley in Jajpur district holds roughly 97% of India’s chromite reserves and supplies 100% of the country’s ...

EMPLOYERS are under continuous pressure to improve quality, increase productivity, provide a safe work environment, and control costs. The key to determining the level of effort needed to comply with ...

As toxic tort claims gather momentum, independent chemical expertise will be essential to ensuring legal arguments reflect ...

Air regulators issued violations to two Paramount foundries after detecting elevated levels of hexavalent chromium, a highly toxic metal and potent carcinogen. The chemical is 500 times more ...

In Sweden, around 18,000 workers are exposed to hexavalent chromium in their workplace. Hexavalent chromium is a powerful carcinogen that is released, for example, during welding of stainless steel or ...

After some recent intense wildfires in Northern California, scientists tested samples of singed soil and were disturbed by their findings: It was laden with a cancer-causing metal called hexavalent ...

On Aug. 5, 1981, a Boeing 737 took off from Taiwan’s Taipei Songshan Airport with 110 people on board. Fourteen minutes after leaving the ground, the aircraft suffered an explosive decompression and ...

Hexavalent chromium, a carcinogen made famous by the movie Erin Brockovich, is far more abundant in drinking water wells in North Carolina than previously thought, a new study finds. Hexavalent ...

It's widely known that wildfire smoke is bad for your health, but a group of researchers recently found a known carcinogen in California wildfire ash, raising concerns about just how harmful it could ...