Chromium... What is It?

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Chromium is a chemical element that is found in many different forms in our everyday life. For example, silverware gets its sleek "stainless" look from using chromium! Chromium is also found in many different food products that you have probably ingested. The list can go on and on...

While little exposure isn't too bad for your health, continued exposure can be very harmful. To name a few health outcomes that can happen from further exposure, there's cancer, kidney/liver damage, and eye damage (yikes!). 

Hearing that makes you worry, right? Sadly, you can't really protect yourself from it! Chromium is used in items that you use every single day, and you probably have no clue!

We're students from the University of Arizona, and our goal is to show you how often you're being exposed to Chromium by recording items we find on our campus through pictures. Join us on our adventure to bring awareness to Chromium exposure!


Sources Used:

Royal Society of Chemistry. (2024). Chromium. Periodic Table. https://www.rsc.org/periodic-table/element/24/chromium

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  1. Hannah KetchamFebruary 29, 2024 at 12:02 PM

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  2. Hannah KetchamFebruary 29, 2024 at 12:03 PM

    What's also interesting is that the Environmental Protection Agency has a maximum contaminant level for chromium that was created in 1991 because of the Safe Drinking Water Act. It's 0.1 mg/l! If the public water system has any numbers higher than this, they have to let the public know.

    Source Used:
    Environmental Protection Agency. (2024). Chromium in Drinking Water. https://www.epa.gov/sdwa/chromium-drinking-water#:~:text=EPA%20has%20a%20drinking%20water%20standard%20of%200.1,This%20includes%20all%20forms%20of%20chromium%2C%20including%20chromium-6.

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