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Another thing related to tire pollution is asphalt dust. Road surface gets used up, too, especially in places where studded winter tires are popular, and it's a significant source of airborne particulate matter: https://grapevine.is/news/2020/11/30/winter-tires-have-huge-...

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My state just banned studied winter tires because it was tearing up the streets too much and it really hasn't snowed and quite a long time as the climate changes

Which state is this?

Unsure of OP, but snow tyres are banned in Alabama, Texas, Florida, Maryland (exception five mountain counties), Louisiana, Hawaii, Illinois, Minnesota, Mississippi and Wisconsin, according to thi (undated, though possibly from Sept 2020 by IA WBM: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://itstillruns.com/states...) article:

https://itstillruns.com/states-not-allow-studded-tires-54686...

Snow tires are not banned there, studded tires are.

That's what I'd meant, as the link makes clear.

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