One of the biggest microplastic pollution sources revealed | Worn-off tire rubber
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/pollution-microplastic-waste-tires-b2794350.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/pollution-microplastic-waste-tires-b2794350.html
6 Comments
voicesarefree@lemmy.world · 42 pts · 214d
I thought this was known for a long time already
Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 214d
potatopotato@sh.itjust.works · 13 pts · 214d
Something I'm still waiting for data on: is there a difference between different plastic types when it comes to micro plastic concerns? Rubber is mostly isoprene which does degrade naturally to an extent. Other shit like ethylene, styrene, vinyl chloride etc all have wildly different properties and varying rates and modes of degradation.
justsomeguy@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 214d
We don't even know what consequences come from all of them as a group let alone separate components.
It'll take a while to really figure out what this exposure does to us.
grue@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 214d
You say "let alone" as if analyzing each of them one at a time is harder than doing that and then also summarizing their commonalities.
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone · 12 pts · 214d
Yet again "Fuck cars" and fuck the pedo-petrochem billionaires who've poisoned this planet by lobbying for the infrastructure to be everywhere.
wabafee@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 214d
I must be just dumb but how come it's microplastic when it's rubber?