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Science X's Phys.org site describes a report about the harm from tire particles, which account for about a third of all microplastic contamination in the environment. Unlike other types of plastic, tire particles are smaller, have greater chemical complexity, and different behavior in ecosystems. Thus the call is for them to be placed in a new, separate enviromental category.
The study, published in the journal Environmental Research, highlights the gap in current knowledge about the environmental presence, transportation, and toxic impact of these particles. The authors have identified ten priority research questions across four key themes: environmental detection, chemical composition, biotic impacts, and regulation.
The research brought together an interdisciplinary network of experts from countries including the U.K., U.S., Norway, Australia, South Korea, Finland, Austria, China, and Canada. Their findings underscore the need for a standardized framework to quantify and manage TPs and their leachates, especially as the global presence of these contaminants rises.
A second study is being carried out on the effects from tire chemicals and particles on marine life in UK waters.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Tork on Thursday November 21, @07:33PM
I've never actually heard anyone say this. I question the value of worrying about this anyway, we know shit thrown in the air in China can reach us and if it got bad enough to cause health problems over here we'd do something about it anyway just out of necessity. What are we going to do, label alien air particles for air-filters to reject?
I don't think it was ever about 'cleaning the air of world', just a cold reality of the fact that we're all sharing the same resource. It's also easily spun by those wanting higher profit margins.
Right... but not doing anything because others are worse is counter-productive. We're going to pay for pollution one way or another. If everybody develops cancer, for example, then the money savings from NOT putting shit in the air means nothing. Also... ignoring warning signs and continuing to move merrily along means a higher expense down the road to correct it. There's wisdom, and then there's just plain gambling. We lost a big important mine in our last pair of hurricanes. Is that being accounted for while deciding to keep fucking around like this?
There is a very powerful profit motive behind getting that message in front of your face, and it's been going on for decades. During that time there have been huge improvements in air quality, far better/efficient use of electricity, and we have several solid means of generating electrical power. It's less than ideal today but you CAN go buy a car and 'fuel' it with panels in your back yard, but you still can't generate a tank of gasoline. Those technical innovations are considered by some a drag on the existing market without considering the new markets they open. Wanna build a wind farm? Jobs. Wanna build a nuclear plant? Jobs. Wanna build cars that run on electricity and use gasoline to generate that electricity? Design jobs, manufacturing jobs, electrical generation jobs, you name it.
We've been thriving for decades despite the push towards better environmental practices.
I actually do agree with you on the point that silly extremes will get silly results, I don't agree with you that the extremes are what's playing out right now. "Babble" and "doing" are two different things, and that applies to both sides.
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