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Data for Recreational microplastics as emerging pollutants: effects of crumb rubber leachate across ecosystems
Summary
Recycled tire crumb rubber—the stuff used on playgrounds and artificial turf fields—releases chemicals that harmed worms, flatworms, and marine algae in lab tests, affecting their growth, survival, and behavior. While this study looked at wildlife rather than humans, it raises questions about what's leaching out of a material millions of people (especially kids) come into regular contact with, and adds to growing concerns about how tire-derived pollutants move through soil, water, and ecosystems.
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.