text: <unk>  or<unk>  compounds are those which contain the element<unk>  in the +6 oxidation state. Chromates are often used as pigments for photography, and in pyrotechnics, dyes, paints, inks, and plastics. They can also be used for stainless steel production, textile dyes, wood preservation, leather tanning, and as anti-corrosion and conversion coatings. They are used as corrosion inhibitors, but due to their toxicity they are being replaced by alternatives.<unk>  is recognized as a human carcinogen via inhalation.  Workers in many different occupations are exposed to<unk> . Occupational exposures occur mainly among workers who:
  handle dry chromate-containing pigments
  spray chromate-containing paints and coatings
  operate chrome plating baths
  weld, cut or grind<unk> -containing metals such as stainless steel.
option_0: Hexavalent chromium
option_1: Manganese dioxide
option_2: Calcium arsenate
option_3: Cadmium chloride
option_4: Selenium sulfide
option_5: Cadmium sulfide
option_6: Indium oxyquinoline
option_7: Cadmium oxide