Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture, announced that a cat ran away from a plating factory in the city after falling into a vat of hexavalent chromium, a toxic substance, and is urging people to be careful not to touch the cat.
According to Fukuyama City, an employee who came to work at the Nomura Plating Fukuyama Factory in Yanaizu Town in the city around 7 a.m. on the 11th found footprints that appeared to be that of a cat in the hexavalent chromium tank inside the factory.
When a security camera was checked, a cat was seen walking outside the factory around 9:30 p.m. on the 10th, and the company determined that the cat had fallen into the hexavalent chromium tank and escaped outside the factory, and the police and Fukuyama City This means that I have contacted you.
Hexavalent chromium, which is used in plating processes, is a toxic substance that has been shown to be carcinogenic and can cause inflammation if it comes into contact with the skin, and can cause respiratory problems if inhaled.
Hexavalent chromium has a yellow to reddish-brown color, and cats that have fallen may also have this color.
So far, there has been no information from residents regarding health hazards, but if the city finds a cat with an abnormal appearance, it will not touch it and will immediately contact the city's environmental conservation department or the police. I am calling on you to do so.