A legal battle launched in 1993 over toxic chromium metal became the basis for the movie Erin Brockovich, which featured superstar Julia Roberts. Now, materials scientists have quietly taken aim at ...

[Music] [Music] today we're going to be restoring the Chrome on some pot metal or MAAC Parts all we know is this is a poor quality metal and we've got our work cut out to restore it these items are ...

NEW CASTLE, Pa. (WHTM) — A global critical materials company announced a major investment to construct a chrome metal manufacturing plant here in Pennsylvania. AMG Critical Materials N.V. recently ...

The following information is from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration:OverviewHexavalent chromium is one of the valence states (+6) of the element chromium. It is usually produced by an ...

A heavy metal that can cause cancer may be spread far and wide via the smoke of wildfires, new research has found. The carcinogenic form of the metal chromium and other cancer-associated chemicals ...

Vauquelin, who later was the first to produce it on its own, discovered chromium in 1797. Chromium (Cr) occurs in nature only in combination. In its pure state chromium is a steel-silvery grey with ...

A Paramount metal-finishing plant was forced to suspend some operations Thursday after violating limits on a potent cancer-causing air pollutant. Aerocraft Heat Treating Co., Inc. shut down operations ...

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Federal investigators have discovered a second contaminant in recalled applesauce pouches — the naturally-occurring metal chromium, which in a certain form can cause a number of adverse health effects ...