The Washington Department of Ecology’s Stormwater Work Group (SWG)’s 6PPD Subgroup will seek input at its October 6, 2022 (1:00 pm PT) subcommittee meeting on 6PPD-quinone focused research priorities ...

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 ...

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 ...

The coho couldn’t have seen it coming. As West Vancouver Secondary students and volunteers from West Vancouver Streamkeeper Society surveyed the banks of Brothers Creek below Inglewood Avenue in late ...

Regulate the manufacturing, processing, or distribution in commerce of the chemical, including a complete ban of any such activity or limiting the amounts of the chemical manufactured, distributed, ...

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 ...

In August, three Native tribes — two in Washington, and one in California — petitioned the EPA to regulate the use of 6PPD in tire manufacturing. 6PPD has been in use for decades as a bonding agent to ...

This year's International Tire Exhibition & Conference is different. Because it's better than ever before. We've expanded conversations around critical topics and diversified our focus to include more ...

An everyday chemical has been found to be highly toxic. Contamination of waterways is responsible for what had been the unexplained mass deaths of Coho salmon. We take a look at 6-PPD quinone, what it ...

As ubiquitous as rubber tires are due to the many practical benefits they offer to cars, trucks, and other conveyances, they do come with a limited lifespan. Over time, the part of the tire that ...