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Ford was shipping cars with asbestos brakes in 1993. Asbestos brakes are still readily available on the aftermarket. Brake pads since 2015 sold in California a
by likpok 7y ago
Ford was shipping cars with asbestos brakes in 1993. Asbestos brakes are still readily available on the aftermarket.
Brake pads since 2015 sold in California and Washington must have less than 0.1% asbestos by weight (it's unclear to me if that's asbestos alone, or asbestos and other heavy metals like cadmium or mercury). Since the ban was put into place in 2015, you can reasonably infer a) that there were brake pads above that limit in 2014 and b) there are brake pads slightly under that limit today.
- dajohnson89 7y agothe subway brakes in washington dc are abestos brakes. you can smell them quite strongly.
- nathancahill 7y agoHuh, TIL. Never knew what that smell was.
- undersuit 7y agoSomething's fishy: http://unsuckdcmetro.blogspot.com/2012/01/whats-that-foul-smell.html http://unsuckdcmetro.blogspot.com/2012/01/whats-that-foul-sm...
- kleton 7y agoCan you really smell asbestos? I can't imagine silicate rock having a very high vapour pressure.
- undersuit 7y agoIn 1980? https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1980/11/11/latest-metro-problem-subway-trains-with-brakes-that-shriek/b6dca2e9-2d6d-4e02-80cd-cffaa0d51665/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1980/11/11/late...
- rootusrootus 7y agoThat is not correct. WMATA hasn't used asbestos brake pads in many years. Whatever you think you smell, that's not it
- dsfyu404ed 7y agoConsidering the smell from brakes in subways and freight rail yards is the same as burned brakes and clutches on modern vehicles (which do not use asbestos) I am going to need a citation for that.
- robocat 7y ago"Asbestos was used on Metro's cars when they first started running in 1976, but only a few of the asbestos pads remain in service." - written in 1980 in Washington Post - see link in sibling comment.