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Commercial fishing groups sue 13 US tire makers over rubber preservative that's deadly to salmon
Headline from KTVZ Bend, on the newest of 3 developments
By ED KOMENDA The Associated Press TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — The 13 largest U.S. tire manufacturers are facing a lawsuit from a pair of California commercial fishing organizations that could force the companies to stop using a chemical added to almost every tire because it kills migrating salmon.
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U.S. regulators will review car-tire chemical that kills salmon, upon request from West Coast tribes
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Review set of chemical said deadly to salmon
Headline from Arkansas Democrat-Gazette ·
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Commercial fishing groups sue 13 US tire makers over rubber preservative that's deadly to salmon
U.S. regulators say they will review the use of a chemical found in almost every tire after a petition from West Coast Native American tribes that want it banned because it kills salmon as they return from the ocean to their natal streams to spawn.
California's Yurok and Washington's Port Gamble S’Klallam and Puyallup tribes asked the EPA to prohibit the rubber preservative and the agency is investigating.
U.S. regulators say they will review the use of a chemical found in almost every tire after receiving a petition from West Coast Native American tribes that want it banned, saying it kills salmon as they return from the ocean to spawn in their natal streams .
A petition from West Coast Native American tribes has urged U.S. regulators to ban the use of a chemical commonly found in tires. The chemical is known to kill salmon.
U.S. regulators will review the use of a chemical found in tires after a petition from West Coast tribes that want it banned because it kills salmon as they return from the ocean to spawn.
By ED KOMENDA The Associated Press TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — The 13 largest U.S. tire manufacturers are facing a lawsuit from a pair of California commercial fishing organizations that could force the companies to stop using a chemical added to almost every tire because it kills migrating salmon.
The Environmental Protection Agency has promised to investigate the chemicals used in tires as fishermen claim the toxins are poisoning West Coast populations of salmon and trout.
TACOMA, Wash. >> The 13 largest U.S. tire manufacturers are facing a lawsuit from a pair of California commercial fishing organizations that could force the companies to stop using a chemical added to almost every tire because it kills migrating salmon.
As tires wear, tiny particles of rubber are left behind on roadss, breaking down into a byproduct that is deadly to salmon, steelhead trout and other aquatic wildlife when rains wash it into rivers.
