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by waterheater 878 days ago
From the article linked below:

>The company found that a car’s four tires collectively emit 1 trillion ultrafine particles — of less than 100 nanometers — per kilometer driven. These particles, a growing number of experts say, pose a unique health risk: They are so small they can pass through lung tissue into the bloodstream and cross the blood-brain barrier or be breathed in and travel directly to the brain, causing a range of problems.

That's extraordinarily problematic for human beings, particularly if storm water runoff finds its way into a city's water supply.

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ICEs use tires as well, uh? So you just need to factor in the difference between ICEs and EVs tires wear. ANd you should also subtract for EVs particles from brakes (they are bad for human beings as well) and obviously exhaust emissions.