Tire & Road Wear Particles (TRWP)
TIP has supported studies into tire and road wear particles (TRWP) including (chronological order):
- Comparison of particles generated using different methodologies. (2010) - link
- Acute Aquatic Toxicity of Tire and Road Wear Particles to Alga, Daphnid and Fish. (2011) - link
- Evaluation of Potential for Toxicity from Subacute Inhalation of Tire and Road Wear Particles in Rats. (2012) - link
- Chronic toxicity of tire and road wear particles to water- and sediment-dwelling organisms. (2012) - link
- Use of a Deuterated Internal Standard with Pyrolysis-GC/MS Dimeric Marker Analysis to Quantify Tire Tread Particles in the Environment. (2012) - link
- Measurement of airborne concentrations of tire and road wear particles in urban and rural areas of France, Japan, and the United States. (2013) - link
- Comparison of Tire and Road Wear Particle Concentrations in Sediment for Watersheds in France, Japan, and the United States by Quantitative Pyrolysis GC/MS Analysis. (2013) - link
- Experimental methodology for assessing the environmental fate of organic chemicals in polymer matrices using column leaching studies and OECD 308 water/sediment systems: Application to tire and road wear particles. (2015) - link
- Characterizing export of land-based microplastics to the estuary - Part I: Application of integrated geospatial microplastic transport models to assess tire and road wear particles in the Seine watershed. (2018) - link (an ETRMA sponsored study)
- Characterizing export of land-based microplastics to the estuary – Part II: Sensitivity analysis of an integrated geospatial microplastic transport modeling assessment of tire and road wear particles. (2018) - link (an ETRMA sponsored study)
- Evaluation of Tire Wear Contribution to PM2.5 in Urban Environments. (2019) - link
Academic posters include:
- Biological leaching of metals from respirable tire wear particles. (2010) - link
- Effects of Intratracheal Instillation of TRWP and TP on Inflammation on and Cytotoxicity in Rat Lung: A Comparative Toxicity Study. (2010) - link
- Physio-chemical analysis of airborne tire wear particles. (2010) - link
Nanomaterials
TIP supported studies into nanomaterials include:
- Evaluation of Quantitative Exposure Assessment Method for Nanomaterials in Mixed Dust Environments: Application in Tire Manufacturing Facilities. (2015) - link