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New US research has found that the increasing trend for using electric scooters to zip around cities appears to be linked with an increase in facial and head injuries caused by accidents while riding.
Led by Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, the new study looked at records in the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s National Electronic Injury Surveillance system, which collates data from around 100 participating hospitals.
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