Although plastic particles in the air are increasingly coming into focus, knowledge about their distribution and effects is still limited. Chemical analyses from Leipzig now provide details from Germany for the first time: Around 4% of the particulate matter consists of plastic. Around two-thirds of this comes from tire abrasion.
I thought we knew this already?
The paper is from 1. December 2025 https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02980-0
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