Author(s): Peng C; Liggio J; Moussa SG; Tang Y; Johannessen C; Zhang X; Zhang Z; Li L; Harner T; Saini A; Hung H; Wentzell J; Wheeler MJ; Dabek-Zlotorzynska E; Yassine M; Liu Q; Tang M; Friel-Bartlett Z; Abdul-Sater AA;

Antioxidants added to tires to prevent degradation have recently been recognized as emerging environmental contaminants. While their acute aquatic toxicity has raised concern, these compounds are also emitted to the atmosphere and can be associated with particulate matter (PM). On PM they can rea ...

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Author(s): Johannessen C; Saini A; Zhang X; Harner T;

Pollution from vehicle tires has received world-wide research attention due to its ubiquity and toxicity. In this study, we measured various tire-derived contaminants semi-quantitatively in archived extracts of passive air samplers deployed in 18 major cities that comprise the Global Atmospheric Passive Sampling (GAPS) Network (GAPS-Megacities). Analysis ...

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