6PPD-quinone derived from tire debris is toxic to two trout species, not just coho salmon
Green Car Congress
MARCH 4, 2022
6PPD is an antioxidant and antiozonant that helps prevent the degradation and cracking of rubber compounds caused by exposure to oxygen, ozone and temperature fluctuation. They found that even small concentrations, such as those regularly occurring in surface waters after stormwater runoff events, were fatal to brook and rainbow trout.
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