It is estimated that 558,000 workers are potentially exposed to Cr(VI) in the United States. Workers in a variety of occupations are potentially exposed to Cr(VI). Workplace exposures occur mainly in the following areas: Welding and other types of hot work on stainless steel and other metals that contain chromium.
I've read every novel by Dean Koontz, and I would put WINTER MOON in the bottom third. This is not a terrible novel, but it's very slow paced in the middle and the ending is not particularly satisfying.
The sixth novel in R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series already has 168 pages in the hands of editor Anne Lesley Groell, which were submitted to her back in February, 2013. When asked about the Winds of Winter release date, Groell said she does not know.