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Car brake dust can be more harmful than diesel exhaust – new study

By James Parkin, Research Fellow, Air Pollution, University of Southampton
Matt Loxham, Professorial Fellow, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton

Exposure to air pollution is associated with around seven million premature deaths per year across the world. When we think of urban air pollution, diesel exhaust emissions are often portrayed as a key culprit – rightly so, given previous research findings. However, our latest research…

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