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Re:Car tires biggest likely source of microplastics in Calif... by dajohnson89 on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @02:32PM (#21139407)
the subway brakes in washington dc are abestos brakes. you can smell them quite strongly.
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Re:Car tires biggest likely source of microplastics in Calif... by kleton on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @02:51PM (#21139587)
Can you really smell asbestos? I can't imagine silicate rock having a very high vapour pressure.
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Re:Car tires biggest likely source of microplastics in Calif... by rootusrootus on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @04:32PM (#21140463)
That is not correct. WMATA hasn't used asbestos brake pads in many years. Whatever you think you smell, that's not it
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Re:Car tires biggest likely source of microplastics in Calif... by dsfyu404ed on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @05:12PM (#21140779)
Considering 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.
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Re:Car tires biggest likely source of microplastics in Calif... by undersuit on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @03:55PM (#21140169)
In 1980?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1980/11/11/late...

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Re:Car tires biggest likely source of microplastics in Calif... by robocat on Friday October 04, 2019 @08:06AM (#21156747)
"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.
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Re:Car tires biggest likely source of microplastics in Calif... by nathancahill on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @02:41PM (#21139485)
Huh, TIL. Never knew what that smell was.
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Re:Car tires biggest likely source of microplastics in Calif... by undersuit on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @03:57PM (#21140183)
Something's fishy: http://unsuckdcmetro.blogspot.com/2012/01/whats-that-foul-sm...
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