Although plastic particles in the air are increasingly coming into focus, knowledge about their distribution and effects is still limited. Chemical analyses from Leipzig now provide details from Germany for the first time: Around 4% of the particulate matter consists of plastic. Around two-thirds of this comes from tire abrasion.
I bet the people that did this research will be surprised to hear that I already knew this ages ago…
Well, let’s cancel all research and just go off of what seems right then. That’ll make everything better.
no, lobbying needs to be eliminated. all the big [insert industry here] execs have been shown repeatedly to have known about the harm their industry does way before it ever reaches public ears where it quickly gets dismissed bfor one reason or another
It’s more so that there were already studies about this, I think. I had also heard about this years ago.
I think it’s the kind of thing people don’t retain because they don’t like it. Cars and the “freedom” they give are still very romanticized.
I don’t want to freak anyone out but if you mix beer before grass, well you’re gonna end up on your ass.
Ah, but grass before beer, you’re insxhlopubestear!
After years of conducting research and many regrets, my theory is that the sedative effect of the alcohol makes it easier to take a much bigger hit than you realize.
And something about the blood chemistry with the sudden rush of THC when your BAC is already elevated likely has something to do with it too. Versus the other way around, where getting stoned doesn’t really make you take bigger gulps, and the THC level is already stable when your BAC gradually increases, so it doesn’t knock you on your ass the same way.
I bet they did as well, but outside of Donald Trump’s America, most of the world still operates on empirical evidence so the more things are studied, the better.
E.g yes we already knew that tires shed a lot of microplastics, but now that we know that the majority of urban microplastic pollution is from tires specifically, it’s easier for governments to push through either a ban on cars in certain areas, or weight limits, or heavily weight-based taxation (heavier cars = more tire wear), or something else.