1.   Anderson maintains that a chromium deficiency can also cause a rise in blood cholesterol, an even more important cardiac risk factor.

2.   Both chromium deficiency and a disturbance of trace element metabolism as a result of liming could be contributing to the moose deaths, he said.

3.   In some people, a serious chromium deficiency has been shown to precipitate adult-onset diabetes and an insensitivity to insulin.

4.   The FDA and Blackburn said that chromium deficiency among Americans has not been proved.