U.S. regulators will review the use of a chemical found in tires after a petition from West Coast tribes that want it banned because it kills salmon as they return from the ocean to spawn.
SAN FRANCISCO -- U.S. regulators say they will review the use of a chemical found in almost every tire after a petition from West Coast Native American tribes that want it banned because it kills salmon as they return from the ocean to their natal streams to spawn.
The chemical's effect on coho was noted in 2020 by scientists in Washington state, who were studying why coho populations that had been restored in the Puget Sound years earlier were struggling.'This is a significant first step in regulating what has been a devastating chemical in the environment for decades,' said Elizabeth Forsyth, an attorney for Earthjustice, an environmental law firm that represents the tribes.
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