Chromium plume spreads in Calif. town's water

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Source: Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A tiny desert town whose plight was made famous by the movie "Erin Brockovich" has seen a dramatic increase in the size of a toxic plume of chromium as it has spread to multiple groundwater wells.

Water regulators earlier this year discovered a well with increasing concentrations of the cancer-causing pollutant and now even more wells have been uncovered with elevated levels, said Lauri Kemper, assistant executive officer of the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control board.

The water board on Monday ordered Pacific Gas & Electric to do additional groundwater monitoring at the site near Hinkley, about 120 miles northeast of Los Angeles.

"The more dispersed chromium continues to move," Kemper told The Associated Press on Tuesday. "Because of the widespread nature of the lower concentration chromium, it's difficult to capture the contamination."

Read more: http://apnews.myway.com/article/20101109/D9JCSBC01.html

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1. corporations killing America, one town at a time

or one Gulf at at time, if you will

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2. Corporation Google is responsible.

They build Chromium in the night.

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3. Fuck, fuck, fuck. n/t