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2023 Science Panel comments on science and policy

Photo of two kayakers paddling in Commencement Bay, near Tacoma. There's a pier on the right-hand side of the photo, and Brown's Point is in the distance.

The Puget Sound Partnership’s Science Panel expanded on its comments in the 2023 State of the Sound report in a letter about science and policy.

Clearing the road for salmon recovery: 6PPD-quinone and mitigation solutions

Young coho salmon swimming in a river, with rocks lining the bottom of the riverbed.

6PPD-quinone, the byproduct of a chemical added to automotive tires to keep them from breaking down, is lethal to coho salmon. People and organizations throughout the region are working hard to figure out how to control 6PPD-quinone pollution and remove it from stormwater runoff.

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