Tires are bad. Science says so. As they wear during use, rubber and plastic particles are not only escaping its way into our air, but also into the oceans as well. In 2014, researchers at The Citadel military college in Charleston, South Carolina went looking for microplastics in the ocean, and not only did they find what they were looking for, but they also found a significant amount of rubber that had traveled from the nearby roadway into the water. The microscopic rubber was shaped like a tiny cigar, rolled up in a cylinder. It was a surprise to the researchers, but it really shouldn’t have…