<prompt> Fingqa isihloko: Waqale wagqashuka ngawo-1990 yiPacific Gas and Electric Company PGE, eyayithenga izindawo zendawo amashumi eminyaka, ukuze izakhamuzi eziningi zibaleke ngemuva kokuthi inhlangano iqinisekisiwe ukuthi ingcolise amanzi angaphansi komhlaba nge-chromium enama-hexavalent. Manje idolobha laseHinkley, eCalifornia - umphakathi waseMojave Desert odume ngokuthi wasindiswa u-Erin Brockovich futhi kamuva wangcwatshwa kuyifilimu kaSteven Soderberg ewina i-Oscar - cishe awusenabantu. Ngemva kokuba i-movie ikhishwe ngo-2000, i-PGE - eyakhokha u-333 million ekuxazululeni ngaphandle kwenkantolo - ayizange iyeke umkhankaso wayo wokuthola amalungelo omhlaba engxenyeni enkulu yedolobha, futhi ngonyaka odlule yayeka ukuletha amanzi asemabhodleleni kwabambalwa bendawo ababesele, ngemva kokuhlolwa kwendawo okwatshengisa ukuthi amazinga e-chromium ayengaphansi kokuphezulu. Ngenxa yalokho, ngokudabukisayo iHinkley iye yaqala ukuma. IHinkley, umphakathi wasehlane iMojave onokungcola kwawo kwe-chromium okunobuthi kwavezwa kwifilimu ethi Erin Brockovich, isilahlekelwe yisiteshi sayo seposi futhi manje isizolahlekelwa yisiteshi sayo sokuphehla uphethiloli nesitolo sokudla esisodwa. Ukuvalwa: Ibhizinisi likaHinkley belilokhu lincipha njengoba umphakathi ubhekene nokukhathazeka nge-chromium-6 ebangela umdlavuza emanzini omthombo. Lapha, u-Ali Abu Hantash, umnikazi weHinkley Market Gas, uhlezi futhi ulinde amakhasimende ukuba angene esitolo sakhe esivamile eHinkley, eCalifornia. Isitolo sizovalwa emasontweni azayo. IHinkley, umphakathi ongahlanganisiwe oGwadule lwaseMohave, eSan Bernardino County, eCalifornia, amakhilomitha angu-14 enyakatho-ntshonalanga yeBarstow, wahlupheka kakhulu ngenxa yokuvalwa kwesikole sayo kuphela. Ngokwe-Vice, i-PGE yaqhubeka nokuthenga ukuze inciphise ingozi yanoma yiziphi izimangalo ezengeziwe. Ngo-March walo nyaka, iposi laseHinkley lavalwa. Izikhulu zePosi zithi zizofuna indawo entsha yePosi LaseHinkley, ebelilokhu lisendaweni efanayo kusukela ngo-1958. Inani lokulethwa kwezimpahla emgwaqweni eHinkley liye lehla cishe ngamaphesenti angu-38 - lisuka ku-504 ngo-2012 laya ku-321 ngo-2015, kusho okhulumela i-U.S. Postal Service u-Eva M. Jackson...  <response>: I-Pacific Gas and Electric Company PGE yaqhubeka ithenga izindlu eHinkley iminyaka eminingi ngemva kokukhokhwa kwecala layo elingamaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-333. Abantu abaningi bendawo basamukela lesi sipho kanti abanye babalekela amanzi anobuthi. Izindlu ziye zabhidlizwa noma zashiywa njengoba zinjalo. I-chromium eyi-hexavalent yangcolisa amanzi angaphansi komhlaba, yabangela umdlavuza nezifo eziningi kubahlali ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. Ihhovisi leposi lasendaweni kanye nesikole kuvalwe muva nje ngenxa yokuntuleka kwebhizinisi. Isitolo esidayisa ukudla kanye nesiteshi sokuphehla uphethiloli kuphela okuzovalwa ngasekupheleni kwale nyanga. Kusele amapulazi ambalwa kuphela eHinkley. 