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Despite my normal skepticism of such things, this seems to be an example of most parties behaving well. 6PPD isn’t toxic to fish, but it transforms to somethin
by hedora 3y ago
Despite my normal skepticism of such things, this seems to be an example of most parties behaving well.
6PPD isn’t toxic to fish, but it transforms to something that is as the tires wear. This seems like an honest mistake on the part of the industry. Many manufacturers already voluntarily phased it out based on early scientific results. The replacements are used as food preservatives for human edible products, and are presumably mostly fine.
The regulators are swiftly banning 6PPD anyway (as they should).
Hopefully, moving forward, the regulators will further mandate that manufacturers measure the environmental impact of their newly proposed tire dust (instead of tire ingredients) moving forward.