Rail strikes, tyre pollution and sex statistics
More or Less: Behind the Stats
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Tire Particles - Are They Inhaled by Humans?
Only between one and ten per cent of tire particles are inhalable by humans. Larger particles pose less of a threat to human health. Almost all omissions from exhausts are small enough to inhale easily. But that's not the case with tire particles. Only a fraction of those, when you measure by weight, areSmaller particles have much more potential to be grous because they're easily inhaled and stay in the air longer.
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