Tuesday, February 22, 2011

California Lawmaker Urges Limits on Chromium 6 in Drinking Water

California could become the first state in the nation to set standards for hexavalent chromium contamination in drinking water. San Jose Assemblymember Nora Campos has introduced legislation to set limits on a substance sometimes called the "Erin Brokovich chemical" after the investigator whose fight over the chemical was made into a movie starring Julia Roberts. Christopher Martinez reports from Sacramento.
(pls note this correction to the audio: Brokovich was an investigator, not a lawyer)