“New research indicates that there may be a whole host of toxic chemicals being shed from tires & brakes that have been largely ignored until now. Even worse, these emissions may be so significant that they exceed those from a typical car's exhaust.”
(Original tweet by @berkie1 on birdsite, so thanks for bringing this up)
https://www.thedrive.com/news/tire-dust-makes-up-the-majority-of-ocean-microplastics-study-finds
@aeischeid Exactly.
Particulate material in the air affects negatively the learning brain.
It's just like those laminated products made with the "recycled" terrible #TetraBriks, only displacing problems to other vulnerable actors in the ecosystem.
@aeischeid @ScratchinPro Can't imagine it's all that 'good' no. But the 'dust' here is the wearing of them against the road surface. I wouldn't think that part would be particularly a problem for kids use.
Tires do however have more than a few other things about them that probably do make it a very bad choice!
@pixelpusher220 @aeischeid Info available on the subject via US officials:
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