Akvaplan-niva research underpins EU ban of car tire rubber granulate on football fields
After more than 6 years, research efforts on the toxicity of car tire rubber granulate commonly used on artificial football fields start to bear fruit. Several EU countries voted 'yes' on the proposal to restrict microplastics that are intentionally added to products. Akvaplan-niva, together with research collaborators at NILU and SINTEF Ocean in the Fram Centre, has investigated the chemical comp