Chronic inhalation from occupational exposures increases the risk of respiratory cancers.[1] The most common form of lung malignancies in chromate workers is squamous cell carcinoma.[7] Ingestion of chromium(VI) through drinking water has been found to cause cancer in the oral cavity and small intestine.[7] It can also cause irritation or ulcers in the stomach and intestines, and toxicity in the liver.[7][9] Liver toxicity shows the body's apparent inability to detoxify chromium(VI) in the GI tract where it can then enter the circulatory system.[7]