What is it about?
Used tires and brakes were sampled, which revealed that they released high concentrations of several metals. Copper, zinc, and lead were associated with tires. Brakes generally were found to be associated with iron and copper, though select samples had really high concentrations of cadmium.
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Why is it important?
Cadmium plating of brake rotors can be a serious issue.
Perspectives
This measures environmentally created particles from consumer driven cars.
Erica McKenzie
Temple University
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This page is a summary of: Metals associated with stormwater-relevant brake and tire samples, The Science of The Total Environment, November 2009, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.07.018.
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