Precisely, Chrome is used in tanning, which is one of the many reasons that there are fewer and fewer tanneries in the US, and (This of course is a surprise to only a few..) more and  more tanneries in Asia.

Does this story sound anything like the history of the electronics industry?

Rudy Sedlak


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> They don't call it chromed tanned for nothing I
> suppose...
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