Unnamed TNG skant beefcakeresearchfairy@scholar.social
Aug 19, 2026, 3:55 PMThink they already know what the downstream effects of aerosolized car tire particles are on human health, like the tobacco industry knew about lung cancer?
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- Unnamed TNG skant beefcakeresearchfairy@scholar.socialAug 19, 2026, 5:17 PM
There's gotta be other stuff like that too
Aug 19, 2026, 3:56 PM@researchfairy or maybe it's the cognitive decline associated with driving assistance system overuse
Jannejanvenetor@mastodontti.fiAug 19, 2026, 4:08 PM@researchfairy and abrasion particles from car brakes. Both are toxic and increase with car mass and electrification.
I've seen some of the dispersion modeling and info on health effects and boy it's ugly.
The Lack Thereof :v_bi:lackthereof@beige.partyAug 19, 2026, 4:08 PM@researchfairy
We already know there's massive water ecosystem impacts from the dust runoff, but the tire industry won't talk about it
brennenbrennen@federation.p1k3.comAug 19, 2026, 5:21 PM@researchfairy i wonder this for at least auto industry, ag industry, oil & gas...