Pollution from tire wear is worse than exhaust emissions?

Re:Pollution from tire wear is worse than exhaust emissions? by iso947 on Sunday March 08, 2020 @12:02PM (#22518705)

Fall out of the air. Into the sewers. Then into the rivers, and then the sea, where they are broken up into microplastics and return in the food chain.

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Re:Pollution from tire wear is worse than exhaust emissions? by briandear on Sunday March 08, 2020 @01:06PM (#22519133)

Rubber turns into microplastics?

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Re:Pollution from tire wear is worse than exhaust emissions? by manmal on Sunday March 08, 2020 @01:27PM (#22519241)

They do contain lots of soot to prevent premature aging from UV light.

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Re:Pollution from tire wear is worse than exhaust emissions? by labawi on Sunday March 08, 2020 @01:41PM (#22519326)

I think synthetic rubber is considered to be microplastics when small.

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