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minus-square@ChilledPeppers@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink6•7 months agoI think it depends on measure, if im not mistaken, by weight arohnd 50% of microplastics are tire dust.
minus-square@CleoTheWizard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish6•7 months agoAlso depends on where you’re measuring. They make up a ton of the plastics in stormwater runoff for example. Sometimes up to 95% from what I found. And that stormwater often ends up in our drinking water.
I think it depends on measure, if im not mistaken, by weight arohnd 50% of microplastics are tire dust.
Also depends on where you’re measuring. They make up a ton of the plastics in stormwater runoff for example. Sometimes up to 95% from what I found. And that stormwater often ends up in our drinking water.