SAN FRANCISCO – An Oakland environmental group announced Wednesday that Chrysler LLC and three auto-parts makers have agreed to end their use of lead wheel weights in California. The settlement comes ...

No one told Mike Brown to stop using lead wheel weights. He did because it made sense. Brown, owner of Iowa City Tire and Dodge Street Tire, phased out the use of lead weights earlier this year, ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Lead wheel weights, which are used to balance vehicle tires, will be ...

TRENTON, N.J. (Feb. 27, 2015) — The New Jersey legislature is considering a new law that would make it the eighth state in the U.S. to ban lead and mercury wheel balance weights. New Jersey Assembly ...

A proposed Minnesota ban on lead wheel weights for all vehicles within the state, including passenger and commercial vehicles, has passed a final vote in both the state house and senate and is ...

WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will not regulate the manufacture, processing or distribution of lead for wheel-balancing weights under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published on April 3, 2024, an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) regarding lead for wheel-balancing weights (lead wheel weights). 89 Fed. Reg ...

True rotation of a several-hundred-pound mass and high speeds requires balancing, not just of the tire, but the entire rotating mass, including the hub, brake drum, wheel and tire. UPDATED -- Beware ...

A coalition of environmental groups is pushing to ban lead wheel weights, citing the toxic effects of lead dust from weights that drop off on roads and streets and are then ground into a breathable ...

The Biden administration decided to forgo the rulemaking process on the neurotoxic heavy metal used on automobile weights. EPA announced it won’t regulate lead weights in automobile wheels, 15 years ...

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