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Title    Tire Particles as a Distinct Source of Environmental Damage
Date    Thursday November 21, @02:28PM
Author    hubie
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https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=24/11/20/0454249

canopic jug writes:

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.


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  1. "canopic jug" - https://soylentnews.org/~canopic+jug/
  2. "a report about the harm from tire particles" - https://phys.org/news/2024-11-recognition-particles-distinct-environmental-threat.html
  3. "published" - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0013935124021297
  4. "chemical" - https://phys.org/tags/chemical/
  5. "Original Submission" - https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=64339

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