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I've always wondered about this. Similar to microplastics - everyone's tires wear, meaning small vulcanized rubber bits are being shed everywhere people drive. There must be some level of environmental impact of this
In Germany half of the microplastic on land comes from tire wear.
Do you have a source?
In German it is this study from 2018: https://www.umsicht.fraunhofer.de/content/dam/umsicht/de/dokumente/publikationen/2018/kunststoffe-id-umwelt-konsortialstudie-mikroplastik.pdf
Micropetroleum in all sorts of forms is everywhere thanks to humans.
Even in raindrops!
https://www.arctictoday.com/tons-of-tire-rubber-is-making-its-way-to-the-arctic-each-year-study-suggests/
Rubber bits are killing salmon
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abd6951