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Male workers in aprons and caps stand in a sunlit, dusty factory interior with tall windows and industrial equipment.

Male workers in aprons and caps stand in a sunlit, dusty factory interior with tall windows and industrial equipment.

Several employees recently passed away from cancer, mainly lung cancer, linked to exposure in leather-processing operations in hermes . Severe respiratory deterioration observed among artisans working in tanneries. Internal investigation identified chromium VI as the cause , a highly toxic, carcinogenic substance. Chromium VI was formed unintentionally when chromium III oxidized due to poor control of humidity and temperature during a specific production batch. See more