Recent news on Chromium

Electrodes weld ferritic stainless steels with 18% chromium.  -  May 24, 2007
ThomasNet Industrial News Room (press release),Inc. has introduced two stainless steel, composite metal cored electrodes designed to weld ferritic stainless steels containing 18% chromium.

Study Confirms Chromax(R) Chromium Picolinate is Significantly ...  -  May 23, 2007
NPIcenter (press release),The study compared absorption of four different types of commercially available forms of nutritional chromium at a dose of 200 mcg: Chromax(R) chromium

Chromium no help in controlling diabetes  -  May 21, 2007
Scientific AmericanNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with type 2 diabetes often take chromium supplements to help keep their blood sugar levels under control,

Chromium No Help In Controlling Diabetes  -  May 21, 2007
Javno.hr,People with type 2 diabetes often take chromium supplements to help keep their blood sugar levels under control. People with type 2 diabetes often take

Body absorbs Chromax better than other chromiums, study  -  May 23, 2007
NutraIngredients-usa.com,5/23/2007 - A study from the Ohio State University Department of Human Nutrition found that Nutrition 21's branded chromium picolinate is better absorbed

Deal OK'd on pollution cleanup  -  May 24, 2007
Baltimore Sun,Arsenic was used in the production of pesticides, including lead arsenate, and the company dumped a number of other chemicals there, including chromium

Chromium 6 in drinking water may cause cancer  -  May 20, 2007
News-Medical.net,Researchers have announced that there is strong evidence a chemical referred to as hexavalent chromium, or chromium 6, causes cancer in laboratory animals

OrbusNeich Receives CE Mark Approval for Blazer(TM) Cobalt ...  -  May 20, 2007
Genetic Engineering News (press release),With its unique dual helix design and thin cobalt chromium stent struts, Blazer enables physicians to overcome the flexibility challenges associated with

OrbusNeich Receives CE Mark Approval for Blazer(TM) Cobalt ...  -  May 20, 2007
netPR.pl (komunikaty prasowe),OrbusNeich today announced that it has received CE Mark approval for three interventional cardiology products: the Blazer cobalt chromium stent,

Roddy Stinson: Latest chromium study stirs up anxieties for ex ...  -  May 19, 2007
San Antonio Express,..."Hexavalent chromium was a commonly used industrial chemical until the early 1990s. It is still used in some applications, such as chrome plating."

Chromium 6 danger highlighted  -  May 19, 2007
Los Angeles Times,A type of chromium highlighted in the film "Erin Brockovich" causes cancer in lab animals when they drink it in water, and it could be harmful to people,

Oakland Students Turn Up a Dirty Secret  -  May 23, 2007
KCBS,...(KCBS) -- Independent tests of dust and fallout at a high school and a public street in West Oakland showed an alarmingly high level of lead and chromium,

GLENN ELLIS' STRATEGIES FOR WELL-BEING: Benefits of Chromium ...  -  May 17, 2007
Eurweb.com,...*Like many Americans, you might not know how important chromium is to your overall health. Chromium is an essential trace mineral.

Chromium in drinking water causes cancer  -  May 17, 2007
Plenty Magazine,LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A type of chromium highlighted in the film "Erin Brockovich" causes cancer in lab animals when they drink it in water,

Chromium in Drinking Water Causes Cancer  -  May 17, 2007
About - News & Issues,A new study has found that the chemical known as hexavalent chromium causes cancer when ingested. This is the same chemical ERin Brokovich claimed to be the

Hexavalent chromium in drinking water causes cancer in lab animals  -  May 17, 2007
Cancer Focus,Researchers announced today that there is strong evidence a chemical referred to as hexavalent chromium, or chromium 6, causes cancer in laboratory animals

Chromium in water causes cancer: US agency  -  May 16, 2007
Toronto Star,LOS ANGELES–A type of chromium highlighted in the film Erin Brockovich causes cancer in lab animals when they drink it in water, and it could be harmful to

Hexavalent chromium in drinking water causes cancer in lab animals  -  May 17, 2007
SpiritIndia,Researchers announced that there is strong evidence a chemical referred to as hexavalent chromium, or chromium 6, causes cancer in laboratory animals when

Hexavalent Chromium In Drinking Water Causes Cancer In Lab Animals  -  May 17, 2007
eMaxHealth.com,There is strong evidence a chemical referred to as hexavalent chromium, or chromium 6, causes cancer in laboratory animals when it is consumed in drinking

Hexavalent Chromium in Drinking Water Causes Cancer in Mice  -  May 17, 2007
MedIndia,A research on animals, conducted by the National Toxicology Program (NTP), has produced strong evidence that a chemical referred to as hexavalent chromium

NIH confirms chromium's link to cancer  -  May 16, 2007
MSNBCLOS ANGELES - A type of chromium highlighted in the film "Erin Brockovich" causes cancer in lab animals when they drink it in water, and it could be harmful

Hexavalent chromium in drinking water causes cancer in mice  -  May 17, 2007
DailyIndia.com,Hexavalent chromium compounds are often used in electroplating, leather tanning, and textile manufacturing, and have been found in some drinking water

Chromium 6 In Drinking Water Causes Cancer In Lab Animals  -  May 16, 2007
Science Daily (press release)Science Daily — Researchers announced recently that there is strong evidence a chemical referred to as hexavalent chromium, or chromium 6, causes cancer in

Chromium 6 in water causes cancer — study  -  May 17, 2007
Water Technology Online,Research Triangle Park, NC — The results are in after a two-year study by the National Toxicology Program (NTP) of hexavalent chromium (chromium 6) in

Chromium In Drinking Water Causes Cancer  -  May 17, 2007
E Canada Now,Boston (eCanadaNow) - Evidence has shown tha a chemical known as hexavalent chromium can cause cancer when consumers in water.

Chromium in drinking water causes cancer: US agency  -  May 16, 2007
Zee News,Los Angeles, May 17: A type of chromium highlighted in the film "Erin Brockovich" causes cancer in lab animals when they drink it in water, and it could be

Chromium in water can cause cancer: US agency  -  May 16, 2007
Scientific AmericanWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A type of chromium sometimes found in drinking water causes cancer in laboratory animals when they drink it in water and it could be

Hexavalent chromium in drinking water causes cancer in lab animals  -  May 16, 2007
People's Daily Online,US researchers announced Wednesday that there is strong evidence a chemical referred to as hexavalent chromium causes cancer in laboratory animals when it

Hexavalent Chromium in Drinking Water Causes Cancer in Lab Animals  -  May 16, 2007
Newswise (press release)Newswise — Researchers announced today that there is strong evidence a chemical referred to as hexavalent chromium, or chromium 6, causes cancer in

Glenburn Pond draining set to resume this week  -  May 23, 2007
Scranton Times-Tribune,The pond was contaminated with hexavalent chromium from Precision National Plating Co., which closed in 1999 and was demolished in 2000.

Study: Water chemical can cause cancer  -  May 22, 2007
The Money Times,Washington -- US government scientists have found evidence the chemical hexavalent chromium in drinking water causes cancer in lab animals.

Investigators Report COSTAR II Pivotal Drug-Eluting Stent Trial ...  -  May 22, 2007
netPR.pl (komunikaty prasowe),Principal investigators for the COSTAR II (CObalt Chromium Stent with Antiproliferative for Restenosis) trial, the pivotal study for the CoStar(R) cobalt

Study: Water chemical can cause cancer  -  May 21, 2007
Monsters and Critics.com,WASHINGTON, DC, United States (UPI) -- US government scientists have found evidence the chemical hexavalent chromium in drinking water causes cancer in lab

Study: Water chemical can cause cancer  -  May 21, 2007
ImediNews,WASHINGTON, May 21 (UPI) — US government scientists have found evidence the chemical hexavalent chromium in drinking water causes cancer in lab animals.

Korean firm introduces nickel-free stainless steel  -  26 Apr 2007
Toronto Star,The steel, which uses chromium instead of nickel, is the equivalent of $2762 (Canadian) a tonne, half the price of so-called 300-series cold-rolled coil

Quality Control Without Wires  -  26 Apr 2007
Welding,..."When it comes to pipe and components fabricated from chromium-molybdenumvanadium (9CrMoV) alloyed steels, such as P91 and P92 grades (commonly known as

Selecting filler metal for flue pipe  -  26 Apr 2007
Welding,This is a P5B material but with 5 percent chromium and 0.5 percent molybdenum. For welding SA335 P5 material you are correct. It is ASME P5B,

Newly discovered mineral is no threat to Superman, scientists say  -  26 Apr 2007
Albuquerque Tribune,..."If there were traces of chromium or copper, it could be green. But fluorine wouldn't do it. That would be white." All the minerals in kryptonite,

Abbott Announces New Glucerna(R) Cereal, Shakes and Snack Bars ...  -  26 Apr 2007
PR Newswire (press release),...shown to help manage blood sugar spikes along with an important mineral, chromium picolinate, that helps the body's own insulin work more efficiently.

Customer Caring: Selling safety to the tradesmen  -  26 Apr 2007
Welding,...over fumes from welding rods and new OSHA standards for fumes of hexavalent chromium, a by-product, amongst other things, of welding stainless steel.

Recycling made clear -- what you need to know  -  26 Apr 2007
SheKnows.com,Electronics often contain heavy metals like lead, dioxins, PCBs, cadmium, chromium, radioactive isotopes and mercury -- stuff we definitely don't want

Cleaning up a river  -  26 Apr 2007
NorthJersey.com,Metals such as chromium, copper and lead were significantly reduced since 1987, the last time such a study was conducted. Both studies took sediment samples

For a river, good news flows slowly  -  26 Apr 2007
Newark Star Ledger,The study showed huge drops in lead, chromium, copper and cad mium, according to the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission. But the data, based on analyses of

Cardinal Resources banking on sustainable remediation  -  26 Apr 2007
Milwaukee Business Journal,...month on a chromium contamination site on the Camelia Peninsula near Sydney, Australia for a consortium of businesses known as the Camelia Committee.

Nutrition 21 adds new chromium supplement  -  Apr 24, 2007
The Journal News.com,Nutrition 21 Inc. said yesterday that it will begin marketing another form of chromium, known as chromium histidinate, as a dietary supplement.

Samancor counters pollution allegations  -  Apr 24, 2007
Mining Weekly,In an exclusive Mining Weekly Online interview, at the firm’s head office in Sandton, Samancor Chrome conceded that carcinogenic hexavalent chromium had

OSHA Settles Building And Construction Trades Department  -  Apr 25, 2007
Safety Online (press release),Portland Cement Inspection Procedures will be also published as Appendix C-1 to the OSHA compliance directive on the Chromium (VI) standards (“Cr(VI)

Building trades unions settle hex chrome lawsuit with OSHA  -  Apr 24, 2007
CCH...it has settled a lawsuit against OSHA to protect workers from hexavalent chromium, or "hex chrome," a deadly chemical found in portland cement,

Personal Health Weight-Loss Drugs: Hoopla and Hype  -  Apr 24, 2007
New York Times,That led to the weight-loss products derived from herbal or other botanical ingredients like aloe, ephedra, fiber and green tea; minerals like chromium and

Dairy cattle gene expression altered by chromium  -  Apr 17, 2007
Dairy Herd Management (subscription),Though it had long been known that the mineral chromium is required in the diet for good health in both animals and humans, the specific role it played in

Market Report -- In Play (NXXI)  -  Apr 24, 2007
MSN MoneyNutrition 21 announces addition of new patented for of chromium Co announces that it has obtained an exclusive license for pharmaceutical uses of chromium

Training program available for hexavalent chromium compliance  -  Apr 16, 2007
Welding,The program is titled Hexavalent Chromium Awareness,. and covers topics such as the health effects of hexavalent chromium, the newly reduced exposure levels

Chromium Picolinate a Good Pick  -  Apr 13, 2007
Diabetes Health (press release),A December 2006 review of clinical studies on chromium picolinate, published in Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics, confirmed that chromium picolinate

Building Trades Unions Reach Agreement with OSHA on Hexavalent ...  -  Apr 12, 2007
Compliance Home,...(OSHA) to protect workers from hexavalent chromium, or "hex chrome," a deadly chemical found in portland cement, a product widely used in construction.

Coastal provides up-to-date Hexavalent Chromium training for OSHA ...  -  Apr 9, 2007
Training Press Releases (press release),Hexavalent Chromium Awareness is available on DVD and video and covers the health effects of hexchrom, the newly reduced exposure levels,

Neutralizing Toxic Chromium with Sugar?  -  Apr 5, 2007
MIT Technology Review,Sugar converts the toxic chromium into the naturally occurring and more stable chromium III--a nutrient necessary for life.

Chromium 6: A Killer Compound With An Improbable Trigger - 2007-03-30  -  Mar 30, 2007
exduco.net,Chromium 6, the cancer-causing compound that sparked the legal crusade by Erin Brockovich, can be toxic in tiny doses. Brown University scientists have

Stauff Go Chromium 6 Free - Zinc-nickel coating offers an ...  -  Apr 3, 2007
openPR (press release),It has been known for some years that the yellow chromating of the surface contains hexavalent chromium. Hexavalent chromium, or chromium (VI) for short,

Soil Microbial Community Response to Hexavalent Chromium in ...  -  Apr 5, 2007
Journal of Environmental Quality (subscription)We tested these theories by adding hexavalent chromium [Cr(VI)] to soil, sowing Indian mustard (Brassica juncea), and comparing rhizosphere and bulk soil

Sweet Solution for Chromium Pollution  -  Mar 30, 2007
Science Now,Chromium, like some of its chemical cousins, can be either beneficial or harmful to living things, depending on its form, concentration, and method of

Affidavit: Lab Accused of Fudging Data  -  Apr 19, 2007
Forbes,The documents accuse Energy Northwest Laboratory of making false statements, mail fraud and wire fraud related to tests for hexavalent chromium,

Settlement Reached on Hex Chrome Suit  -  Apr 20, 2007
Occupational Hazards,In response to a lawsuit filed by three labor groups after OSHA did not include portland cement exposure in its April 2006 hexavalent chromium standard,

Making India's mining sector socially and environmentally viable  -  Apr 25, 2007
Down to Earth (subscription),Sukinda’s chromite mines were in the news in the 1990s because of high discharge of hexavalent chromium (Cr+6), a highly toxic and carcinogenic substance

Borough officials believe sewage problems are over  -  Apr 16, 2007
phillyBurbs.com,Last week, the Borough Council unanimously agreed to hire a specialized contractor to haul away its chromium-laden sludge, which borough officials said

Inside manufacturing: Dual-Laminate Pipe Comes of Age  -  Apr 16, 2007
High Performance CompositesIts chromium content (from 10 to 26 percent) is reactive, and forms a passivation layer – a thin film – of chromium oxide (Cr2O3), which is highly

FCI introduces MT91 Mass Flow Meter for stack gas  -  Apr 24, 2007
Automation.com (press release),The combination of FCI’s no-moving parts thermal mass sensor technology and its chromium carbide coated sensor assembly delivers superior flow measurement

Cellphones: a pollution risk  -  Apr 21, 2007
New Scientist (subscription),In 2006 the European Union and Japan banned phones containing several pollutants, including lead and chromium, to prevent them leaching out of landfills and

A voluntary contribution to environmental protection: alpha ...  -  Apr 19, 2007
PresseBox (Pressemitteilung)(abonnement),Lead and sexavalent chromium are included in many colour concentrates used to colour core insulation and cable jackets. It is the EU's declared objective to

Affidavit: Chemist accused lab of falsifying Hanford data  -  Apr 18, 2007
KXLY,The tests in question relate to hexavalent chromium -- a potentially cancer-causing agent that was used as a corrosion inhibitor in nuclear reactors at

FDA warns Iams Co. about chemical in food for overweight pets  -  Mar 30, 2007
Sarasota Herald-Tribune,The new warning letter urged Iams to remove chromium tripicolinate from the products but did not ask for a recall. In 1996, the FDA said it would not block

Lab struggles to sort water quality data  -  Apr 12, 2007
Los Alamos Monitor,Environmental officials at Los Alamos National Laboratory focused on water quality data while updating an ongoing chromium investigation at a meeting

Nallah turning Sutlej waters toxic: Survey  -  Apr 14, 2007
Ludhiana Newsline,The PAU team found that handpumps and tubewells along the riverbanks have high concentration of various poisonous effluents like cadmium, chromium,

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