PG & E: The Deception Of The Hinkley Community

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The deception of PG&E took the effects of the Hinkley communities by making them believing the water system was safe. The town held a meeting about the untruth PG&E have been telling them. The meeting gathered many questions and answer about the lawsuit and the problem of the harmful chromium 3 is the same as hexavalent chromium 6. PG&E was using chromium 3, they were using chromium 6 which is dangerous according to the film. I believe both chromium 3 and 6 are importantly dangerous to humans. Conversely, PGE allowed the Hinkley community to believe in them and so the community continued drinking, bathing, and swimming in the water which was extremely contaminated with carcinogen.

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