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I just had this thought after reading about micro-plastics. Rubber is not biodegradable and tires must spew a bunch of that onto the streets, into the air, water, etc. The level of rubber micro-plastic in any country must be immeasurably vast considering how many cars are now on the road at any given moment and how fast tires wear out.

Am I missing something or is this really fucking bad? Why have I never heard anyone talk about this?

I just had this thought after reading about micro-plastics. Rubber is not biodegradable and tires must spew a bunch of that onto the streets, into the air, water, etc. The level of rubber micro-plastic in any country must be immeasurably vast considering how many cars are now on the road at any given moment and how fast tires wear out. Am I missing something or is this really fucking bad? Why have I never heard anyone talk about this?

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If you're concerned about the rubber and plastic particles in our environment, then ask yourself another big question: where did all the radionuclides and other radioactive material from above ground nuclear testing go? And what about the radioactive particles from Fukushima and Chernobyl?