In 2020, a team led by researchers at the University of Washington and Washington State University discovered a chemical in tires called 6PPD that kills coho salmon in urban streams before they can spawn.
On April 21, Salmon-Safe and Salmon-Safe BC presented an online session with WSU's Dr. Jenifer McIntyre updating the science on car tires & salmon as well as First Nation and Tribal leaders highlighting work to protect water quality and salmon from toxic roadway runoff across the Salish Sea.
