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PBS⊙NEWSHOUR: What's Left Behind From Burning Fossil Fuels: (Original Post) sprinkleeninow Aug 2019 OP
Hexavalent chromium, elleng Aug 2019 #1
This segment tonight made me very ill in my soul. n/t sprinkleeninow Aug 2019 #4
Ditto elleng Aug 2019 #5
Gee, why is there so much cancer??? BigmanPigman Aug 2019 #2
'They' don't give a flying crap. $$$ eom sprinkleeninow Aug 2019 #3
Exactly, but some give 'them' reasons to give a flying crap. elleng Aug 2019 #6
I remember when it came out and what it was about. Never saw it 'though. sprinkleeninow Aug 2019 #7

BigmanPigman

(51,722 posts)
2. Gee, why is there so much cancer???
Thu Aug 15, 2019, 12:19 AM
Aug 2019

"What's leftover is ash, and in addition to hexavalent chromium, it contains arsenic, mercury, thallium, selenium, lead and more." Lovely.

elleng

(131,629 posts)
6. Exactly, but some give 'them' reasons to give a flying crap.
Thu Aug 15, 2019, 12:48 AM
Aug 2019

The chemical, called chromium-6 or hexavalent chromium, was featured in the movie Erin Brockovich, in which Julia Roberts plays an activist leading a lawsuit against Pacific Gas & Electric for contaminating water with it.

https://www.theverge.com/2016/9/20/12988838/erin-brockovich-chemical-water-epa-cancer-report

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