Glendening plans to hold three regional town meetings on the smart growth through the NGA, and create a website where visitors can share smart growth ideas. Growth will also be the focus of the NGA s two national meetings in 2001. Hexavalent chromium is used in the production of metal alloys such as stainless steel, chrome plating and pigments. Lung cancer rates among plant workers exposed to the chemical in their workplaces were almost double what would have been expected among otherwise similar individuals, the study showed. The case is closed.
Hexavalent chromium is a potent carcinogen.
The chromium industry has insisted that no regulation take place until the present study was published. OSHA has pledged to issue a proposed regulation for the chemical by June 2001. I have personally seen the suffering of chromium-exposed people. For OSHA to permit the ongoing poisoning of American workers is a disgrace. Issued under the Fisheries Finance Program, the loan will be made available to aquaculture growers through southern states, said program director Brian Squyars .