The Chevy Camaro, one of America's iconic muscle cars. But if you live in California or Washington State three Camaro models, the S S, the Z eleven one, the one L E, they're gonna be off limits to you starting January one. The Camaros are being banned because of what's in their brake pads. Ten years ago, both California Washington State enacted stringent laws to limit the amount of copper that automakers are allowed to use in brake pads. Well, here's the problem.
Whenever drivers apply their brakes, it kicks off a tiny amount of break dust. That brake dust includes particles of copper and other metals used in the manufacture of brake pads. The evil, toxic brake dust then gets deposited on the road. The wind blows it all over the state and then all over the world, and ultimately this brake dust mixes with rain, it gets washed into the rivers. And here's the worst aspect of it all. Copper is bad for fish.
It messes with their sense to smell. It makes it easier for other fish predators to kill a fish that have been exposed to break dust. So no Chevy Camaros for you muscle car fans in California or Washington, at least until Chevy gets rid of the copper break dust. Bad for you, good for the fish. Do you believe this