Environmentalists Decry California Plan To Retain Disputed Chrome-6 MCL

Environmentalists are strongly criticizing the California water board’s long-awaited proposal this week to set a maximum contaminant level (MCL) for hexavalent chromium (chrome-6) at 10 parts per billion (ppb), renewing a level that had previously been struck down by a state court, arguing it is not stringent enough to protect the public’s health. “We applaud the state for finally moving forward with regulation of chromium-6 in water, but this MCL is still not sufficiently protective of Californians’ health,” said Bill...