{"id":2195,"date":"2010-12-21T16:54:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-21T16:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/is-your-city-water-over-the-chromium-6-limit-check-the-city-list-here.html"},"modified":"2016-09-21T09:18:07","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T13:18:07","slug":"is-your-city-water-over-the-chromium-6-limit-check-the-city-list-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2195","title":{"rendered":"Is YOUR city water over the Chromium 6 limit? Check the city list here."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Remember the Erin Brockovich movie, with Julia Roberts? At issue was that Chromium 6 had gotten into the water supply and was causing rampant cancer. <\/span>

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It turns out that many cities have this in their tap water!! <\/span>Read the entire study by the Environmental Working Group<\/a>. <\/span>

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When you look at the city-list below, keep in mind that <\/span>the maximum healthy amount in the water is 0.10 and the amount in Hinkley was 0.58. <\/span><\/p>\n


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City<\/th>\nChromium-6 level (parts per billion)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Norman, Okla.<\/td>\n12.90<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Honolulu, Hawaii<\/td>\n2.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Riverside, Calif.<\/td>\n1.69<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Madison, Wisc.<\/td>\n1.58<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
San Jose, Calif.<\/td>\n1.34<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tallahassee, Fla.<\/td>\n1.25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Omaha, Neb.<\/td>\n1.07<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Albuquerque, N.M.<\/td>\n1.04<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pittsburgh, Penn.<\/td>\n0.88<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bend, Ore.<\/td>\n0.78<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Salt Lake City, Utah<\/td>\n0.30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ann Arbor, Mich.<\/td>\n0.21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Atlanta, Ga.<\/td>\n0.20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Los Angeles, Calif.<\/td>\n0.20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bethesda, Md.<\/td>\n0.19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Phoenix, Ariz.<\/td>\n0.19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Washington, D.C.<\/td>\n0.19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chicago, Ill.<\/td>\n0.18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Milwaukee, Wisc.<\/td>\n0.18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Villanova, Penn.<\/td>\n0.18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sacramento, Calif.<\/td>\n0.16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Louisville, Ky.<\/td>\n0.14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Syracuse, N.Y.<\/td>\n0.12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
New Haven, Conn.<\/td>\n0.08<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Buffalo, N.Y.<\/td>\n0.07<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Las Vegas, Nev.<\/td>\n0.06<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
New York, N.Y.<\/td>\n0.06<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scottsdale, Ariz.<\/td>\n0.05<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Miami, Fla.<\/td>\n0.04<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Boston, Mass.<\/td>\n0.03<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cinncinnati, Ohio<\/td>\n0.03<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Indianapolis, Ind.<\/td>\n0.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Plano, Texas<\/td>\n0.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Reno, Nev.<\/td>\n0.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
San Antonio, Texas<\/td>\n0.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

<\/a>Chromium 6: It’s in the water again : The Thin Green Line<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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