Submitted by ladyofprinciples on March 30, 2008

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Business Regulation Stimulation

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), is a utility which provides natural gas and electricity to most of Northern and Southern California. In 1993, PG&E was accused of contaminating the drinking water with hexavalent chromium, also known as chromium (VI), in the Southern California town of Hinkley (Malcolm, 2006, p. B1).
Chromium (VI) is known to be toxic and carcinogenic, when ingested via inhalation or orally (Pellerin & Booker, 2000, p. A402). PG&E used the chromium (VI) in the water cooling towers to prevent scale and rust of the pipes. PG&E released statements to the townspeople, saying they have nothing to worry about, chromium is in many multivitamins. The Maximum...

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