Thanks for the information on rubber sidewalks, particularly the boingy incident from Iowa in 1875. I found it as funny as a rubber crutch and laughed out loud.
I always look forward to these snippets and your books. But the message below necessitates informing you that using recycled rubber tires for any use is a really really bad idea. In the last couple years it was discovered that a relatively benign chemical (6-ppd) in tires that is intended to lengthen the life tires becomes incredibly toxic to coho salmon when altered by UV light and becomes 6-ppd-q. There are many articles published about this. I encourage you to read a few and then encourage your subscribers to educate themselves on how unfortunately bad this stuff is.
Thanks for sharing this. One change I do plan on making in the book is to add information about this in regard to Longfellow Creek and the salmon in it.
Not a Seattleite so no help on the walks, but I wonder about rubber sidewalks. Old tires are toxic and leach heavy metals and who knows what else and there's a project going to remove thousands dumped into Puget Sound at one time so what do rubber sidewalks do in the environment?
Re your upcoming 3rd Place chat: I gave Spirit Whales and Sloth Tales to my brothers for Christmas and they each loved the book. So do I. Highly recommended!
Thanks for the information on rubber sidewalks, particularly the boingy incident from Iowa in 1875. I found it as funny as a rubber crutch and laughed out loud.
Hi David,
I always look forward to these snippets and your books. But the message below necessitates informing you that using recycled rubber tires for any use is a really really bad idea. In the last couple years it was discovered that a relatively benign chemical (6-ppd) in tires that is intended to lengthen the life tires becomes incredibly toxic to coho salmon when altered by UV light and becomes 6-ppd-q. There are many articles published about this. I encourage you to read a few and then encourage your subscribers to educate themselves on how unfortunately bad this stuff is.
Thanks for sharing this. One change I do plan on making in the book is to add information about this in regard to Longfellow Creek and the salmon in it.
Not a Seattleite so no help on the walks, but I wonder about rubber sidewalks. Old tires are toxic and leach heavy metals and who knows what else and there's a project going to remove thousands dumped into Puget Sound at one time so what do rubber sidewalks do in the environment?
Congratulations on the Utah recognition by TTW.
Re your upcoming 3rd Place chat: I gave Spirit Whales and Sloth Tales to my brothers for Christmas and they each loved the book. So do I. Highly recommended!