Hexavalent chromium nanoparticles were found in air samples gathered by researchers over the course of several days in the spring as they drove through and around the Eaton and Palisades fire burn ...

Charred walls, a swimming pool and a group of palm trees stand among the rubble and debris five months after the January 2025 wildfires in Los Angeles. (Michael Kleeman, UC Davis) Air quality ...

Wildfires in parts of the U.S. West may be transforming a benign form of chromium into its cancer-causing counterpart — potentially endangering first responders and surrounding communities, a new ...

South Coast Air Quality Management District officials have been tracking hexavalent chromium emissions from two Paramount metal processing plants since last fall. Now the regulators are trying to ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A new report from the advocacy nonprofit Environmental Working Group (EWG) claims to have found arsenic, nitrate and hexavalent chromium, in Central Texas’ water supplies. Hexavalent ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Colorado River replenishes groundwater at the end of the Coachella Canal, pictured here in 2022. The water district that ...

Air quality scientists have detected elevated levels of hexavalent chromium and silver in air samples collected from the debris cleanup zones for the Eaton and Palisades wildfires, which occurred ...