Leaked documents seen by the Guardian suggest a source of drinking water close to a $1bn (£800m) mining project owned by the Indonesia-based Harita Group on remote Obi Island, was contaminated with unsafe levels of hexavalent chromium (Cr6), the cancer-causing chemical more widely known for its role in the Erin Brockovich story and film.
Cr6 can cause liver damage, reproductive problems and developmental harm when ingested or inhaled. Long-term exposure through drinking water has also been linked to stomach cancer. Evidence has shown that Cr6 in drinking water can be a result of industrial processes.
They are dumping hexavalent chromium into the ocean too :|
That is going to poison the environment and all sorts of seafood. You do not want to ingest that form of chromium at all.
Don’t see what the point of mentioning Erin is here; it’s not like most people would remember it was hexavalent chromium.
They mentioned her because people probably remember what the chemical did and major settlement from the pollution as to why this chemical release is so important.
Yes, I’m aware, I’m just pointing out that you can have watched the movie/followed the story and not known what the substance was.
It wasn’t that great a movie, but I wouldn’t call her a pollutant.
/justhadastroke type of headline
More like Thirst Trap headline.
I thought Erin was peeing in Indonesian water.
