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Tire toxicity faces fresh scrutiny after salmon die-offs

Date added
May 2, 2024, 4:39 a.m.
Description
For decades, concerns about automobile pollution have focused on what comes out of the tailpipe. Now, researchers and regulators say, we need to pay more attention to toxic emissions from tires as vehicles roll down the road.
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a car's tires emit 1 trillion ultrafine particles per kilometer driven—from 5 to 9 pounds of rubber per internal combustion car per year.

More than three-quarters of microplastics entering the ocean come from the synthetic rubber in tires,

Related is the damage done by heavier vehicles due to the fourth power law: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_power_law

A 30 ton truck is about 10,000 times more damaging to the road than a 2 ton car.