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I was surfing the web for info on tire inner tubes and stumbled across this 
regulation for California.

California Vehicle Code
Inner Tubes
27455.   (a) On and after January 1, 1975, no person shall sell or offer 
for sale an inner tube for use in a radial tire unless, at the time of 
manufacture, the tube valve stem is colored red or is distinctly marked in 
accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the department, taking 
into consideration the recommendations of manufacturers of inner tubes.
(b) No person shall install an inner tube in a radial tire unless the inner 
tube is designed for use in a radial tire.
Added Ch. 741, Stats. 1973. Effective September 25, 1973 by terms of an 
urgency clause.

I don't recall ever having seen a red valve stem but then I am in Michigan. 
Do inner tubes cause cancer in people in CA along with just about anything 
else sold in a can? Is there anything that isn't regulated in CA?

Tim Collins
Midland, MI
1966 AH Sprite