DO NOT GO HERE!!!
IT'S A CHEMICAL WASTELAND!
"Tyre dust contains two main classes of chemicals — organic and inorganic. These organic chemicals are especially toxic to aquatic creatures (such as fish and frogs), and depending on the levels, can cause mutations, or even death. In test tube laboratory experiments, they damage human DNA."
"According to the EPA, benzene, mercury, styrene-butadiene, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and arsenic, among several other chemicals, heavy metals and carcinogens, have been found in tires. Studies have found that crumb rubber can emit gases that can be inhaled."
"The biggest problem with discarding old tires is that they contain chemicals and heavy metals that leach into the environment as the tires break down. Some of these chemicals, according to the California Integrated Waste Management Board, are carcinogenic and mutagenic (cause cancer and gene...
Read moreThis park is also known as the Tire Park, as most of the playground equipment has tire motifs. The park is filled with countless types of tires, from giant tires to small tires for scooters.
The play equipment includes a tire swing, tire crossing, tire climbing, and tire spinning, a giant horizontal tire slide, a wide concrete slide, a tire dinosaur, a tire monster, a tire robot, a tire crocodile, a tire mountain, and a tire jungle. There is a gym, a tire bell-style play equipment, two regular swings (four in a row), a regular slide, and a sandbox. Many children are having fun in this really interesting park. This park doesn't have much shade and can get very hot in the summer, but there is a rest room and even a nursing area. There are multiple clocks and drinking fountains in the park, as...
Read moreRead moreJR京浜東北線蒲田駅西口から徒歩15分くらい東急多摩川線、池上線蒲田駅から徒歩15分くらいのところにあります、西六郷公園(タイヤ公園)です✨当園内は、普通乗用車のタイヤからダンプトラックの大型タイヤまで様々なサイズのタイヤが溢れんばかりのタイヤが園内を埋め尽くされております。私自身、初めて、当公園を訪問し、タイヤのゴムで作られた巨大なゴジラさん、恐竜さんなどのタイヤで作られたオブジェが設置されていました。一際目立ちます❗✧\(o