EXPERTS REVIEW CHROMIUM 6 DANGERS.Byline: - Jason Kandel About 50 residents heard Monday night from leading scientific researchers and experts on a topic of great public interest in Glendale: chromium 6 in the community's groundwater supply. The experts from the University of Southern California The U.S. News & World Report ranked USC 27th among all universities in the United States in its 2008 ranking of "America's Best Colleges", also designating it as one of the "most selective universities" for admitting 8,634 of the almost 34,000 who applied for freshman admission and the University of California, Los Angeles UCLA comprises the College of Letters and Science (the primary undergraduate college), seven professional schools, and five professional Health Science schools. Since 2001, UCLA has enrolled over 33,000 total students, and that number is steadily rising. , spoke about the health effects of the chemical in the drinking water drinking water supply of water available to animals for drinking supplied via nipples, in troughs, dams, ponds and larger natural water sources; an insufficient supply leads to dehydration; it can be the source of infection, e.g. leptospirosis, salmonellosis, or of poisoning, e.g. . Experts discussed the time line of a federal study focusing on the health impact of ingesting chromium 6. The federal study is expected to resolve whether chromium 6 is safe in drinking water and, if so, at what levels, a study that could take several years. ``In Glendale, we do not want to wait for the study to be completed before taking action,'' said Rep. Adam B. Schiff, D-Pasadena, who organized the event. Schiff said it is necessary to study the most effective filtering and treatment technologies for removing chromium 6 and other heavy metals heavy metals, n.pl metallic compounds, such as aluminum, arsenic, cadmium, lead, mercury, and nickel. Exposure to these metals has been linked to immune, kidney, and neurotic disorders. from the groundwater. Experts helped outline the issues to the public at the meeting in City Council chambers. Schiff said the city must take leadership in proposing a study and the construction of a treatment facility, to be supported by a grant of $750,000 in federal funds Federal Funds Funds deposited to regional Federal Reserve Banks by commercial banks, including funds in excess of reserve requirements. Notes: These non-interest bearing deposits are lent out at the Fed funds rate to other banks unable to meet overnight reserve . Chromium 6 is known to cause cancer when inhaled, but the evidence of its toxicity and its chemical and cancer-causing propensities when ingested in·gest tr.v. in·gest·ed, in·gest·ing, in·gests 1. To take into the body by the mouth for digestion or absorption. See Synonyms at eat. 2. in drinking water are incomplete, experts said. ``It can cause lung, nasal and sinus cavity cancers in humans,'' said Professor John R. Froines, director of the Center for Occupational and Environmental Health at the University of California, Los Angeles. ``The evidence is quite sound. There is also some suggestive evidence of distant tumors in humans, namely stomach and bladder. We know that chromium 6 causes tumors in laboratory animal studies.'' But he warned that ``every time we do an animal study ... it doesn't guarantee that we're going to find a positive result.'' Chromium 6 was largely unknown to the general public before the hit movie ``Erin Brockovich'' spotlighted the chemical in drinking water. Water regulators and public health researchers have also focused on the chemical, a byproduct by·prod·uct or by-prod·uct n. 1. Something produced in the making of something else. 2. A secondary result; a side effect. Noun 1. of the metal plating process. The state of California has set a limit of 50 parts per billion for total chromium in drinking water, tougher than the national limit of 100 parts per billion set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and . But neither the state nor the federal government regulates chromium 6. |
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