Tyre dust: the ‘stealth pollutant’ that’s becoming a huge threat to ocean life

Plastic in the depths: Scientists spent decades on the trail of a mystery toxin killing #Salmon en masse. Mystery of the mass deaths seemed to occur after heavy rains #pnw #yvr
theguardian.com/environment/20…
first real breakthrough happened when they tested actual runoff collected from a nearby road and exposed test salmon to it. The fish died within hours
Tested this product @environmentca🤔
..carefully shaved tiny fragments of tyre & soaked them in water. “When we tested the tyres it killed all the fish".. culprit a toxic chemical 6PPD-quinone, product of the preservative 6PPD, added to tyres to stop them breaking down #Plastic
Tyre-wear particles – a mixture of tyre fragments, including synthetic rubbers, fillers and softeners & road surface particles – are considered by environmental scientists to be one of the most significant sources of #microplastics in the ocean.
#transport #pollution #tyres
"if future {plastic} emissions remain constant or increase “the ecological risks could be widespread.. "
average tyre loses 4kg over its lifetime. About 6m tonnes of tyre particles are emitted annually and have been found everywhere from the deep sea, to the atmosphere, even in the Arctic and the Antarctic.
Electric cars will lower tailpipe emissions, but tyre wear is projected to rise, due to heavier vehicles & torque ( rotational force of EV engine)
👉🏽UK’s air quality grp warned in 2019 dust from tyres & car brakes wld continue to pollute air, rivers & oceans
“Tyre dust is impossible to control'

Tyre particles have been found to be smaller than 0.02 microns 👉🏽“Anything that is 10 microns can be inhaled in our lungs & anything that is 2.5 microns has the potential to pass the membrane barrier" #Plastic #microplastics #dust #bcpoli

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