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particulates

plural of particulate.
- 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion:
  If successful, Edison and Ford—in 1914—would move society away from the […] hazards of gasoline cars: air and water pollution, noise and noxiousness, constant coughing and the undeniable rise in cancers caused by smoke exhaust particulates.