The trade offs are more complex than that. Depending on your application chrome might be more or less durable. Chrome is more toxic from what I can tell. I used to work at a factory that did chrome platting (technically the next building over - I never went into that building but it was the same company), and so I had to get special safety training before I was allowed to work. Mostly my training amounted to we have our own sewer system for just the chrome plating work, it can handle chrome salts but regular sewage will clog it and cause a toxic release - use the regular city sewer for everything else.