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Originally Posted by FrankJ
Do realize that if you ride in a motor vehicle with wheels, you likely have exposed lead weights on your wheels. Don't lick them.
One 18 lb counter weight we used is a plastic encased lead / sulfuric acid mix. The inspector didn't even count it against our weight limit. The other was a 4"x21"x1" chunk of steel. About 20 lb
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Actually lead wheel weights have been outlawed in some states.
http://www.leadfreewheels.org/ In addition the EPA has been "strongly suggesting" that tire stores choose lead free weights and that states ban the use of lead wheel weights.
Of course there are still millions of cars on the roads and wheels out there with un-coated lead wheel weights.