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OAKLAND — An Oakland, Calif., environmental group has announced that Chrysler LLC and three auto-parts makers have agreed to end their use of lead wheel weights in the state.
The settlement Wednesday comes a year after the Center for Environmental Health sued the companies claiming weights falling off cars and trucks were polluting California's drinking water.
The settlement approved in Alameda County Superior Court requires Chrysler, Perfect Equipment Inc., Hennessey Industries Inc. and Plombco Inc. to phase out lead wheel weights statewide by the end of 2009.
The center says errant wheel weights release 500,000 pounds of lead in California annually and are the state's largest source of new lead environmental contaminations.
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