@ajsadauskas@fuck_cars This is the elephant in the room that most environmentally conscious organization do not want to think about.
"But our results are still worrying, particularly as the time in which the animals were exposed to the particles was short. The observed decrease in bivalve feeding and burrowing at low concentrations suggests exposure to tyre wear microplastics in the wild will significantly impact this species."
@ajsadauskas @fuck_cars This is the elephant in the room that most environmentally conscious organization do not want to think about.
"But our results are still worrying, particularly as the time in which the animals were exposed to the particles was short. The observed decrease in bivalve feeding and burrowing at low concentrations suggests exposure to tyre wear microplastics in the wild will significantly impact this species."
The members of those orgs all use cars.