Osteoporosis causes the bones to become incredibly brittle.
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Caroline C. Boyle,
USA Today,
21 Apr. 2025
If polyethylene and polypropylene aren’t completely separated during recycling, the resulting mix can be brittle and generally unusable for creating new products.
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