This is disturbing... Apparently our Tires have been Killing the Salmon

[AbleGuy]

2020 Strikes Again: Apparently Your Tires Are Killing Salmon

Dec 4, 2020
“A scientific report from the University of Washington published in the journal Science (via a report in The Seattle Times) has linked 6PPD, a near-universal chemical added to tires as a preservative, with the death of coho salmon in the Northwest. And it's not just a couple of salmon here and there.

In some runs, between 40 and 90 percent of the salmon die before spawning due to the symptoms that researchers were exploring, independent of other causes of fish mortality. This issue affects a great deal of the area studied: the Puget Sound. And the culprit, the researchers concluded, is an obscure chemical found in tire dust that is washing into watersheds...”

University Research Links Salmon Death to Tire Dust Chemical

Salmon are as important to West Coast ecosystems as they are delicious. So what do tires have to do with it? A tire dust constituent called 6PPD is key.

www.motortrend.com

 

[jeepgc]

Sadly tyre dust has been confirmed as a major pollutant.

Article: More Than Meets the Eye: Contribute to the World’s Largest Microplastics Dat

Microplastics can spread via flying insects, research shows https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/sep/19/microplastics-can-spread-via-flying-insects-research-shows?CMP=share_btn_link Sent from my G3121 using Tapatalk

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[tanuki.himself]

there is hope - a bunch of students have invented an electrostatic collection device

World’s first device to capture harmful tyre particles invented by students | Imperial News | Imperial College London

A group of Imperial students have invented a device to collect tyre particles from vehicles, a major contributor to the world’s air pollution.

www.imperial.ac.uk

hopefully they can commercialise it into something that looks more like a glorified mudflap.....

 

[68camaro]

This stinks.....banning tires is not an option so hopefully new economical tire compounds can be found.

 

[DaveInDenver]

banning tires is not an option

Wanna bet?

You know what else kills salmon? Hydroelectric dams.

 

[Deleted member 9101]

This stinks.....banning tires is not an option...

California will see thay as a challenge...

 

[DaveInDenver]

 

[68camaro]

California will see thay as a challenge...

Sadly, someone in the State of CA will say...."hold my beer...."

 

[Deleted member 9101]

Sadly, someone in the State of CA will say...."hold my beer...."

Corrections :"hold my soy latte."

 

[bryce0lynch]

I love chemicals, but, I think it's strange every time I see a "chemicals are bad for you" story. Well, duh!

It's a process. They now know that 6PPD is to be avoided. The manufacturers will find another way to do the same thing, once they are required. Tires will cost a little more. It's the price we pay to not live in a smog holes.

 

[Todd780]

You know what else kills salmon?

Fatwas?

 

[quickfarms]

Simple solution is to catch and filter all the run off that enters the streams and rivers.

The problem is that would cost the government money, lots of it!

So they will shift the ban to the people and then be upset when they find out it also affects government vehicles.

Case in point in California if you pave more than 5,000 sf you have to put filters in you storm drain system to catch the oil but there are no filters in the street catch basins or drainage channels

 

[DaveInDenver]

So they will shift the ban to the people and then be upset when they find out it also affects government vehicles.

Upset? They'll just exempt themselves from the rules.

Ergo...

Case in point in California if you pave more than 5,000 sf you have to put filters in you storm drain system to catch the oil but there are no filters in the street catch basins or drainage channels

 

[jeepgc]

Fatwas?
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Took me a minute....

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[Alloy]

Shame on me for having fun with this situation when others are worried they will not have enough salmon egg's bait to fish with.?

Once the salmon has been in the fresh water for a week the meat is horrible so the only reason the fish are caught is to strip the roe.

Couple of year ago commercial roe fishing went from Aug to Sept. with plants of 100 people processing/packing the roe.
This year there was so few Salmon on the Fraser River it didn't make sense wasting the fuel to go out.