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What is hexavalent cromium?

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15y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

A really nasty substance, causing poisoning in humans.

The environmental activist Erin Brokovich came to fame because of her fight over this substance. At more than one site.

It is commonly produced in industrial processes (including such simple things as welding of stainless steel) and may persist in consumer products. Such as tanned shoe leathers.

It has the chemical symbol, Cr(VI). You'll need a moderate understanding of chemistry to follow the details of its mechanisms.

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