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      04-15-2009, 05:53 PM   #41
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Originally Posted by italiantank26 View Post
Anyone know why sgm was discontinued?
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Originally Posted by JB135i View Post
Another victim of the environmentalists it seems...

I did some reasearch and came up with this story from the German newspaper.

Bericht von Lügen - 8-Juli-2008

The purple tint contained in the BMW car color Sparkling Graphite Metallic (SGM), was found to be emitting over 143ppb of Zethane into the atmosphere during the curing process. This was destroying the stratomeglus layer, exposing the German people to excessive levels of UVB rays.
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