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Electric vehicles, 600 million bottles and does oral sex cause cancer?

Is the weight of electric vehicles a risk to infrastructure?

There's been a lot of coverage about the risks electric cars may pose to infrastructure like bridges and car parks. We look at how much heavier EVs are. Plus we look at a new study that suggests a link between breastfeeding and improved grades at GCSE level. Also is throat cancer now primarily caused by a sexually transmitted disease - and are 600 million bottles going to litter Scotland because of disagreements with the UK government over the new Deposit Return Scheme?

Presenter: Tim Harford
Series producer: Jon Bithrey
Reporters: Jo Casserly, Nathan Gower, Charlotte McDonald
Editor: Richard Vadon
Sound Engineer: James Beard
Production Co-ordinator: Brenda Brown

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28 minutes

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  • Wed 14 Jun 2023 09:00
  • Fri 16 Jun 2023 16:30
  • Sun 18 Jun 2023 20:00

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