Chromium III VS. Chromium VI

In Environmental Chemistry, we watched the movie Erin Brockovich. This film was about Erin trying to discover why people around a water plant was getting very sick. She had to do some intense investigation to discover wht was is the water that was making the people sick. She found that Chromium was present in the water samples. But there is a difference between the differnet type of Chromium. There are several levels of Chromium. There are Chromium III and Chromium VI. A little dose of Chromium III is not bad for humans. The Chromium VI is the type that is cancerous and bad for humans to consume. The Chromium VI is the bad type of this element. The Chromium III is not as harmful. It is vital to the human body in small amounts. While the other Chromium is very deadly and causes health problems.