A new study led by an international team of scientists highlights tire particles (TPs) as the leading contributor to microplastics and calls for urgent, targeted research to address their unique environmental and health risks.
Accounting for nearly one-third of all microplastics,
Wonder what environmental impact of trains is. I assume there must be some.
If we’re just looking at the grinding of the metal wheels against the rails, it’s very little. Some metallic particles are produced in the normal wear but ferrous metals easily react and oxidize into more inert and normal forms for life.
Anything modern human does will have “carbon footprint” as corpos like to say it. But a lot of it is outside of person level control.
Just picking your poison to be less toxic. Still worth it but it ain’t the final solution, just a better one