Uptake of tire wear additives by vegetables grown for human consumption

Chemical residues from tyre wear detected in leafy vegetables for the first time

06-Jun-2024 - Car tires contain hundreds of chemical additives that can leach out of them. This is how they end up in crops and subsequently in the food chain. Researchers at the Center for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science at the University of Vienna and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have ...