Scientist takes first step to measure chromium contamination
Monday, April 29, 2013 - 12:31
in Health & Medicine
Judy Zelikoff is filling an unwanted role. Three decades after hexavalent chromium spread under a Garfield, N.J., neighborhood, this accomplished scientist and her team of researchers at New York University may finally be able to tell residents whether their bodies have absorbed dangerous quantities of the cancer-causing metal.