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All retailers must help BFS recall.(Opinion)

Bridgestone/Firestone made the right decision in choosing to renew its informational campaign urging motorists to return any Firestone ATX, ATX II and Wilderness AT P-metric light truck tires leftover from the firm's August 2000 recall effort and from a voluntary replacement program in October 2001.

Now it's time for the rest of the industry to be vigilant.

The tire maker said it retrieved more than 95 percent of the 6.5 million affected tires, an outstanding return for a recall. Apparently a number of those tires not recovered still are in operation-many as

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