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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 Yurok tribe in California and the Port Gamble S’Klallam and Puyallup tribes in Washington asked the Environmental Protection Agency to prohibit the rubber preservative 6PPD earlier this year, saying it kills fish — especially coho salmon — when rains wash it from roadways into rivers. Washington, Oregon, Vermont, Rhode Island and Connecticut also wrote the EPA, citing the chemical’s “unreasonable threat” to their waters and fisheries.

The agency’s decision to grant the petition last week is the start of a long regulatory process that could see the chemical banned. Tire manufacturers are already looking for an alternative that still meets federal safety requirements.

“We could not sit idle while 6PPD kills the fish that sustain us,” Joseph L. James, chairperson of the Yurok Tribe, told The Associated Press. “This lethal toxin has no business in any salmon-bearing watershed.”

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Fucking salmon had it coming.

Fine. You people downvote me. Go here and read the last thing on the list that salmon eat and tell me they aren't monsters: https://a-z-animals.com/blog/what-do-salmon-eat/

[-] Bonehead@kbin.social 12 points 2 years ago

They're monsters because they eat squid?

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago

Yes. How would you feel if they ate several thousand of your brothers and sisters?

[-] hystericallymad@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 years ago

In it for the long game. Respect.

[-] Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Do you know how the PNW Ecosystem works? Without salmon there is nothing

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

Do you know how many of my family salmon have eaten? We can't even fly away fast enough.

[-] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'm ashamed that 13 users would downvote your obviously sincere and genuine hatred for the creatures that haven literally eaten your family members.

But, I do feel it bit albeist, as clearly they're humor-impaired. Possibly morons as well, but not enough data points to confirm that, so it's just a suspicion...for now.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

They're bigoted against cephalopods. That's the plain truth of it.

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