CHROMIUM 6 GAMBLE VARYING STANDARDS SHOW SAFE LEVELS JUST A GUESSING GAME.(News)

Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) | January 7, 2001 | Copyright

Byline: Charles F. Bostwick Staff Writer

Until ``Erin Brockovich'' hit the theaters last March, only inhabitants of the High Desert town of Hinkley and a handful of researchers and government regulators worried about chromium 6 in drinking water.

But the Julia Roberts blockbuster, which told how massive amounts of chromium 6 sickened hundreds of residents in Hinkley, ignited public and media interest in whether people elsewhere are drinking it.

People are, in fact, drinking chromium 6 all over California. It was found in 30 of 80 wells tested in ...

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