Vehicle Tires Are the Largest Source of Nanoplastics Pollution in the High Alps, Study Finds

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By Cristen Hemingway JaynesFeb 4, 2025, 5:00 pm149 pts
New survey results have revealed that vehicle tires are the biggest source of nanoparticle pollution in the remote Alps. In the Alpine survey, trained mountaineer citizen scientists collected samples of high-altitude glaciers, and scientists used a method called thermal desorption-proton transfer reaction-mass…

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