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Data for Recreational microplastics as emerging pollutants: effects of crumb rubber leachate across ecosystems
Summary
Those little black rubber crumbs used to cushion playgrounds and artificial turf fields—made from recycled tires—can leach chemicals that harm animals like worms, flatworms, and marine algae, according to new lab research. Scientists tested how these tire-derived chemicals affected survival, growth, and behavior across freshwater, land, and ocean species, finding measurable harm across multiple ecosystems. While this study focused on animals and algae rather than humans directly, it matters because these same rubber surfaces are common in places where kids play and exercise, and the chemicals leaching out don't stay contained to one environment—ra
This dataset contains biological response data from laboratory experiments evaluating the effects of crumb-rubber leachate on three ecologically important taxa representing freshwater, terrestrial, and marine ecosystems: planaria (Dugesia spp.), earthworms (Eisenia fetida), and dinoflagellates (Lingulodinium polyedra). Measured endpoints include survivorship, regeneration, body size, swimming behavior, body mass, stress tolerance, soil displacement, and population growth. The dataset also includes results from chemical screening of crumb-rubber leachate using LC-MS/MS suspect screening. These data were generated to assess the ecological impacts of tire-derived contaminants across multiple trophic levels and ecosystem functions.