BellingenNSWThe biggest likely source of microplastics in California coastal waters? Our car tires
Driving is not just an air pollution and climate change problem — turns out, it just might be the largest contributor of microplastics in California coastal waters.
“No one had looked at all the water rushing off the streets during rainfall events to see whether that had plastics in it...That makes all that driving we do something to think about, not just in the Bay Area, but any setting where there are cars.”
“...It’s about individual behavior change, it’s about more corporate responsibility. Together, we can make a big change.”
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2019-10-02/california-microplastics-ocean-study
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San Francisco microplastics study shows car tires biggest likely source
Driving is not just an air pollution and climate change problem. Turns out, rubber particles from car tires might be the largest contributor of microplastics in California coastal waters, according to the most comprehensive study to date.