This idea didn't work out too well...
http://news.aol.com/topnews/article...a/20070218205009990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001
http://news.aol.com/topnews/article...a/20070218205009990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001
This is why I question that article. Is the damage from the tires moving with the current, or leaching chemicals? We never had problems here (that I know of) with chemicals from tires killing marine life.
The article also mentions the leeching of chemicals into the ocean, but the article made it sound like its just a fear and not exactly proven.