A ban set for 2035 allows ample time to find a viable replacement for 6PPD, which kills salmon and trout.

SEATTLE, Wash.—Opposition to the use of the tire antidegradant 6ppd, which transforms during tire wear into a chemical that is fatal to several fish species in the Pacific Northwest, continues to ...

EPA officials say a chemical used in tire production reacts with ozone pollution and can kill aquatic species when stormwater runoff washes it into waterways. Graphic courtesy of State of Washington ...

The coho couldn’t have seen it coming. As West Vancouver Secondary students and volunteers from West Vancouver Streamkeeper Society surveyed the banks of Brothers Creek below Inglewood Avenue in late ...

SEATTLE, Wash. — Opposition to the use of the tire antidegradant 6ppd, which transforms during tire wear into a chemical that is fatal to several fish species in the Pacific Northwest, continues to ...

In August, three Native tribes — two in Washington, and one in California — petitioned the EPA to regulate the use of 6PPD in tire manufacturing. 6PPD has been in use for decades as a bonding agent to ...

This year's International Tire Exhibition & Conference is different. Because it's better than ever before. We've expanded conversations around critical topics and diversified our focus to include more ...