Kestas
Staff member
Originally Posted By: heathenbrewing
... "During the process of cooling the engine, antifreeze
often becomes contaminated with heavy metals from
the engine, grit, and traces of fuel. Benzene, lead, and
other toxins picked up from the engine may cause the
used antifreeze to fail the Toxicity Characteristic
Leaching Procedure (TCLP)…"
They also include copper and zinc as heavy metal contaminants, both of which are used in commercial plumbing for our drinking water.
If you follow the path of chemicals and where they originate from, the presence of lead, benzene, fuel, and other toxins in antifreeze is probably negligible compared to what comes out of the tailpipe into the air we breathe. This seems alarmist to me.
... "During the process of cooling the engine, antifreeze
often becomes contaminated with heavy metals from
the engine, grit, and traces of fuel. Benzene, lead, and
other toxins picked up from the engine may cause the
used antifreeze to fail the Toxicity Characteristic
Leaching Procedure (TCLP)…"
They also include copper and zinc as heavy metal contaminants, both of which are used in commercial plumbing for our drinking water.
If you follow the path of chemicals and where they originate from, the presence of lead, benzene, fuel, and other toxins in antifreeze is probably negligible compared to what comes out of the tailpipe into the air we breathe. This seems alarmist to me.