Wear from car tires creates tiny particles that pollute the air and water.
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Toxic additives found in tire rubber can leach into the soil, be taken up by plants and end up in our food, highlighting a major, largely unregulated source of contamination, according to new research.
“It is too early to say that food is risk-free or high-risk at this point, but the situation may change within the next five years,” says Thilo Hoffman at the University of Vienna, Austria. “Tire wear particles are a major environmental problem…
Source: www.newscientist.com
