Climbing gyms might be teeming with toxic rubber particles, recent research suggests.
As other studies have, the researchers found high levels of total particulate matter in the gyms.
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A close-up of a person’s climbing shoes.Image: O_Lypa (Shutterstock)
Experts say its complicated.
A graphic of the team’s findings.Graphic: Sherman et al/ChemRxiv