Aluminium emissions from satellites as they fall to Earth and burn up is becoming more significant as their numbers soar
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I had a friend who used to make ball bearings in a shop once. I thought a mutual friend mentioned it when he died.
Could have been a coal lung sort of situation. I doubt that will be an issue with satellites breaking up 300 miles above ground
Maybe. And maybe. We will have to see, since inner space is more polluted.
Potentially zinc oxide, then, which is horrible for you.
Maybe. He’s been dead since the early aughts, memories fade.