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Global tire pollution with these vehicles is going to hurt.
by swader999 3y ago
Global tire pollution with these vehicles is going to hurt.
- natch 3y agoAren’t there microbes that eat the material and transform it, which is why highways aren’t lined with mounds and mounds of the stuff?
- swader999 3y agoIt is decimating fish stocks: https://www.washington.edu/news/2020/12/03/tire-related-chemical-largely-responsible-for-adult-coho-salmon-deaths-in-urban-streams/ https://www.washington.edu/news/2020/12/03/tire-related-chem...
- natch 3y agoGood article! Thanks. Unfortunately climate change will also decimate fish stocks. I hope the industry will find a less harmful chemical to use instead of 6PPD.
- darkwater 3y agoI don't think so. In cities quality of air will increase dramatically once majority of ICEs is migrated to EVs. Obviously it will be even better if many private vehicles are replaced by public transportation. But one is not excluding the other.
- PaulHoule 3y agoTires are a lot worse than you think https://e360.yale.edu/features/tire-pollution-toxic-chemicals https://e360.yale.edu/features/tire-pollution-toxic-chemical...
- waterheater 3y agoFrom the article linked below: >The company found that a car’s four tires collectively emit 1 trillion ultrafine particles — of less than 100 nanometers — per kilometer driven. These particles, a growing number of experts say, pose a unique health risk: They are so small they can pass through lung tissue into the bloodstream and cross the blood-brain barrier or be breathed in and travel directly to the brain, causing a range of problems. That's extraordinarily problematic for human beings, particularly if storm water runoff finds its way into a city's water supply.
- darkwater 3y agoICEs use tires as well, uh? So you just need to factor in the difference between ICEs and EVs tires wear. ANd you should also subtract for EVs particles from brakes (they are bad for human beings as well) and obviously exhaust emissions.