New Report Finds 'Erin Brockovich' Carcinogen in Water Supply for 250 Million Americans

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By Environmental Working GroupAug 16, 2017, 2:30 pm121 pts
By Robert Coleman In 2016, an EWG report found that chromium-6—a cancer -causing compound made notorious by the film "Erin Brockovich"—contaminated the tap water supplies of 218 million Americans in all 50 states. But our just-released Tap Water Database shows the problem is even worse than that. Based on…

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