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Screening of compounds in tire wear road run off

Hanssen, Linda; Schmidt, Natascha; Nikiforov, Vladimir A.

Publication details

Series: TemaNord 2024:525

Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers

Year: 2024

ISBN: 978-92-893-7861-1

Fulltekst: urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:norden:org:diva-13220

Summary:
Tire related additive chemicals can leach out and enter the environment. Road run-off and recipient waters are particularly prone to contamination by these chemicals, though data from large screening studies is lacking. Here, we present data from water (road run-off & recipients, atmospheric deposition (rain), snow), sediment (marine, snow dumping sites) and biota (blue mussels) samples collected in the Nordic countries. The aim of this study was to provide a first assessment of the presence of tire related chemicals in road run-off and associated samples in the Nordic countries. Tire related additive chemicals were detected in 85 out of 87 samples, with varying concentrations depending on the sample type and location.