Protecting Salmon from Tire Wear Toxicants: 6PPDQ Workshop 2025
Beginning in 2021, the BC Conservation Foundation (BCCF) and Vancouver Island University's (VIU) Applied Environmental Research Labs (AERL) partnered to assess the impacts of tire wear toxins (TWTs), specifically the chemical compound 6PPDQ, along the East Coast of Vancouver Island (ECVI). BCCF and AERL have since collaborated with local First …