Hexavalent-chromium compounds are genotoxic carcinogens . In 1993, legal clerk Erin Brockovich began an investigation into the health impacts of the contamination. A class-action lawsuit about the contamination was settled in 1996 for $333 million, the largest settlement of a class action lawsuit in U.S. history.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinkley_groundwater_contamination
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