Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images/Stock(NEW YORK) Michigan state investigators said test samples taken Thursday from Hubbell Pond in Milford showed low-level
Two of the tests conducted in Hubbell Pond detected hexavalent chromium, a carcinogenic chemical. The testing was done after Tribar Manufacturing accidentally dumped 10,000 gallons of hexavalent chromium solution into the sewer system that's treated by the Wixom Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Officials have shut down an automotive injection molder in Wixom, Mich., responsible for releasing cancer-causing chemicals into the Huron River northwest of Detroit.
A don’t touch advisory remains in effect for the section of the river in Oakland and Livingston counties, after a Wixom automotive supplier released thousands of gallons of liquid containing the toxic metal.
State officials said Friday that low levels of a cancer-causing chemical were found near an automotive supply plant in Wixom where 10,000 gallons of contaminated liquid were dumped into the Huron River system.Traces of hexavalent chromium were found Thursday in two samples from Hubbell Pond in…