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Retention ponds can help reduce tyre particle pollution: Study
Updated On: 12 April, 2024 05:54 PM IST | London | IANS
Retention ponds and wetlands are constructed as part of highways projects primarily to attenuate flow, prevent downstream flooding and also to remove pollutants
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Retention ponds and wetlands constructed as part of major road schemes can reduce pollution coming from tyre particles -- a great cause of concern for human health and the environment --, finds a study on Friday.
The research, published in the Environmental Science and Pollution Research journal, showed that these ponds can help reduce the quantities of tyre particles entering the aquatic environment by an average of 75 per cent.
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