If you drive, your car's tires are shredding more than just tread: they may be mincing up our grey matter too.

Florida International University researchers are examining how rain flushes toxic tire-wear pollutants into the Hillsborough ...

Tires may do more than wear down on the road—a chemical they release could be quietly raising your risk of Alzheimer's.

A recent study suggests that a common chemical byproduct created by the breakdown of automobile tires might interfere with ...

Whether it's building separate bike lanes, improving public transportation, or increasing density in downtown areas, we have ...

Scientists at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) have developed a robust method for detecting whether a toxic chemical used in car tires is present in rivers, streams, and lakes and ...

For decades, concerns about automobile pollution have focused on what comes out of the tailpipe. Now, researchers and regulators say, we need to pay more attention to toxic emissions from tires as ...

SEATTLE, Wash.—Opposition to the use of the tire antidegradant 6ppd, which transforms during tire wear into a chemical that is fatal to several fish species in the Pacific Northwest, continues to ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On behalf of a coalition of three American Indian tribes in the Pacific Northwest, the non-profit Earthjustice has filed a petition with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ...

EPA officials say a chemical used in tire production reacts with ozone pollution and can kill aquatic species when stormwater runoff washes it into waterways. Graphic courtesy of State of Washington ...

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