Toxic Tires & Trout: The Research, Impact and Next Steps

Are chemicals from tires killing trout in our rivers?

 

New research studying the runoff of tire chemicals and particles in rivers (and repeated in the lab) has shown that brook trout and rainbow trout - along with other fish are dying when exposed to 6PPD-quinone, a compound created when the tire antioxidant 6PPD reacts with the ozone as it washes into streams from roadways. Read the full research report.

 

Join Dr. Edward Kolodziej, a professor at the University of Washington's school of Civil & Environmental Engineering,  and Dr. Robert Popham, a Trout Unlimited volunteer from Connecticut for this special Zoom webinar as they present on this unlikely culprit present in nearly all our rivers and streams that is causing fish mortality. This discovery is likely to have major implications for trout and salmon conservation, and presents us with a challenge facing salmonid populations.

The presentation will cover the research, latest findings, what else is needed to further study this issue and how you, as TU volunteers, can take part in monitoring the impact of 6PPD on your local streams and advocate for the removal of this toxic compound from tires.