After the discovery of chemical drums at Bethpage Community Park last year, Oyster Bay officials worried about the presence of hexavalent chromium, a cancer-causing toxin, in the soil near the drums, ...

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 ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Air regulators issued violations to two Paramount foundries after detecting elevated levels of hexavalent chromium ...

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has voted to amend its rules on airborne toxics and phase out the use of hexavalent chromium by the state’s 117 chrome-plating facilities. The May 25 ...

A team of Korean researchers has developed a reference material that significantly improves the accuracy of analyzing hexavalent chromium, a Group 1 carcinogen that can be present in groundwater and ...