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adrianN 13 hours ago

Steel dust has the nice property of turning into mostly harmless metal oxides rather quickly.

rootusrootus 12 hours ago | parent [-]

Iron isn’t the only metal in those wheels, some are more poisonous.

adrianN 10 hours ago | parent [-]

Stainless is mostly iron and chromium, sometimes nickel. Some oxidation states of chromium are indeed toxic, but the most stable form is chromium(III), which is harmless enough that you can buy it as a supplement. Nickel also occurs naturally in soil and many foods and is not accumulating in the body. The kidneys can remove it. Only large doses are problematic.