-Studies are now showing that studded tired may directly lead to lung and heart problems. Although there are studies out there that will prove just about anything, this one does have some backing to it. Apparently the debris kicked up by the studs can end up in your lungs causing inflammation (but so can walking down the street in a city). It is not clear how big the studies are and if they were just of a controlled population, but anything dealing with our health or the health of loved ones makes us alarmed. Some states have even banned them from the roads because they say that the debris and particles can seep into nearby homes and have similar effects. This is just something to stay cautioned about, there shouldn't be an emergency alarm going off in your head.-Why do people not just get snow tires instead?
I think these types of studies are basically meant to scare us. Agree, disagree? Why?
-I do not think that this is an issue. Largely because major road safety blogs (http://road-safety.blogspot.com/) don't even mention this issue. To have this published on MSNBC is kind of blowing it out of proportion.
First off, correlation does not imply causation. But twisted statistics aside, why would you ever use these tires anywhere that there isn't snow on the ground 100% of the time? This study seems pointless.
ReplyDeleteIt seems like nowadays anything can be proven to be harmful in some way. This study seems incredibly random. When I read the headline I was confused. Who uses studded tires anyway? I think that the regular ones work just fine.
ReplyDeleteThis is absolutely ridiculous and is not relevant at all. Like you said you can gain this from walking down the street, and if these health nuts are so concerned about their health then why do they keep allowing people to smoke. So if states are going to ban these tires because of inflammation to lungs, why not ban tobacco products. Articles like this are yes made to scare us but it isnt working because we are not stupid!
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