anti-idpol actionDec 9, 2024

Car tires shed quarter of all worldwide microplastics

https://programming.dev/post/22662939

Car tires shed quarter of all worldwide microplastics - programming.dev

cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/20009882 [https://sopuli.xyz/post/20009882] > Car tires shed a quarter of all microplastics in the environment. Urgent action is needed > > Electric cars are not > THE solution.

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That’s not all. Apparently a chemical added to extend tire life (sort of good from an environmental standpoint) turns out to leach into water and kill fish, so…
Tire dust killing coho salmon returning to Puget Sound, new research shows

For decades now, scientists have known something was killing adult coho salmon as soon as they hit Seattle’s urban waters, ready to spawn. They had traveled thousands of miles, only to be killed as soon as they reached home. Researchers...

The Seattle Times
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Woah
Dec 11, 2024 at 2:16amWeb