Topic: Tires kill Fish

[blur911]

https://phys.org/news/2020-12-scientists-mystery-mass-coho-salmon.html

https://phys.org/news/2020-12-tire-related-chemical-largely-responsible-adult.html

But when it rained, more than half, sometimes all, of the coho in a creek would suffer a sudden death.

These mysterious die-offs—an alarming phenomenon that has been reported from Northern California to British Columbia—have stumped biologists and toxicologists for decades. Numerous tests ruled out pesticides, disease and other possible causes, such as hot temperatures and low dissolved oxygen.

Now, after 20 years of investigation, researchers in Washington state, San Francisco and Los Angeles say they have found the culprit: a very poisonous yet little-known chemical related to a preservative used in car tires.

This chemical is just one of a vast number of contaminants that washes off roads whenever it rains. This giant soup of pollutants, which includes trillions of microplastics, rushes down drains and into creeks and ultimately into the sea.

[BWII]

Add the copper in your brake pads to the list of fish killers.  We're a horrible species...but I've got wooden brakes on my car, and they're MAX terrible...so whatcha gonna do? 

[ArticSteve]

That "news" was just a bridge to far for me.  Don't dispute it, but it just too much to add to all the other "inputs" of late.  I am a crazed fisher so I find the whole deal depressing.

[blur911]

That "news" was just a bridge to far for me.  Don't dispute it, but it just too much to add to all the other "inputs" of late.  I am a crazed fisher so I find the whole deal depressing.

At least now manufacturers know to change to another chemical.  Hopefully they do.

[JohnnyMac]

Here I thought my tires were all natural, gluten free, and vegan approved. 

[DriverJeff]

I dunno...  I think the fish swim fast enough to get out of the way of my tires...   

[Bubba]