As I understand that weights used on car tires to balance them can no longer be made of lead. These weight can fall off cars and when cars are recycled the lead weight usually are not removed and can wind up all most any were. I am not sure if this EPA rule was passed but it was discussed. ======= Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. (Email Guard: 9.0.0.888, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.19020) http://www.pctools.com/ ======= - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To unsubscribe from the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to: [log in to unmask] Check out our Listserv Lists support site for more information: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/faq.asp