Dust from Car Brakes More Harmful than Exhaust, Study Finds
Dust from Car Brakes More Harmful than Exhaust, Study Finds
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That’s because brakes are made from asbestos and every time you hit the break, they wear down. I work on old buildings and people always comment about working around asbestos but the people standing on street corners are exposed to far more than I am on a day to day basis.
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Brake pads havent been made from asbestos for almost half a century.
Is what i was going to comment until i learned that complete bans were never enacted so imported brake pads can still contain asbestos.
None of mine do, anyway.
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Tires are bad too, polluting waterways with Zinc and a hundred other chemicals, like 6PPD. At least EVs and hybrids brake a lot less, but that still leaves more tire dust from the extra weight.
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Especially for EVs
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especially what? the regenerative breaking reduces brake pad wear greatly, and doesn't shred/spit out the same material
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I could be wrong, but I read that as a joke about EVs not having any exhaust.
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EVs have very little exhaust coming out of their tailpipe. Which is one of the reasons why those are better than fossil powered charriots.
So tires being a larger source of pollution than exhaust, in relative terms, is especially true for EVs.
You make a good point, regenerative braking is probably reducing pollution in absolute terms.
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