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Old 11-01-13 | 04:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Whiteknight
In California. That most likely relates to the carbon black in the rubber of the brake pad.
Nope. Look at the list, page 4. "Carbon black (airborne, unbound particles of respirable size)" and "Carbon-black extracts". Neither are present in rubber bicycle brake pads. Butadiene the most likely because it is used in the making of synthetic rubber.
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