{"id":117400,"date":"2020-12-19T19:46:07","date_gmt":"2020-12-20T03:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/common-pipe-alloy-can-form-cancer-causing-chemical-in-drinking-water"},"modified":"2020-12-19T19:46:07","modified_gmt":"2020-12-20T03:46:07","slug":"common-pipe-alloy-can-form-cancer-causing-chemical-in-drinking-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/common-pipe-alloy-can-form-cancer-causing-chemical-in-drinking-water","title":{"rendered":"Common pipe alloy can form cancer-causing chemical in drinking water"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/common-pipe-alloy-can-form-cancer-causing-chemical-in-drinking-water.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rusted iron pipes can react with residual disinfectants in drinking water distribution systems to produce carcinogenic hexavalent chromium in drinking water, reports a study by engineers at UC Riverside.<\/p>\n<p>Chromium is a metal that occurs naturally in the soil and groundwater. Trace amounts of trivalent <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/chromium\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">chromium<\/a> eventually appear in the <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/drinking\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">drinking<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/water\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">water<\/a> and food supply and are thought to have neutral effects on health. Chromium is often added to iron to make it more resistant to corrosion.<\/p>\n<p>Certain <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/chemical+reactions\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">chemical reactions<\/a> can change chromium atoms into a hexavalent form that creates cancer-causing genetic mutations in cells. This carcinogenic form of chromium was at the heart of a lawsuit in California\u2019s Central Valley by Erin Brockovich, which became the subject of an Oscar-winning movie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rusted iron pipes can react with residual disinfectants in drinking water distribution systems to produce carcinogenic hexavalent chromium in drinking water, reports a study by engineers at UC Riverside. Chromium is a metal that occurs naturally in the soil and groundwater. Trace amounts of trivalent chromium eventually appear in the drinking water and food supply [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":542,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,19,1506,412,1495],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-chemistry","category-food","category-genetics","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117400\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}