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Jun 03, 2009 at 03:15 PM
News Source: USA Today
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The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the Department of Health focused on crumb rubber, the base layer used on most modern artificial fields that is derived from recycled tires.
Various tests conducted at two fields found the presence of dozens of chemicals — including lead, zinc and benzene — but all were below federal safety standards.
The study, however, did find users of artificial fields are at greater risk for heat stress because the temperature on them can be at least 35 degrees warmer than on nearby grass fields.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and state of California are doing similar studies.
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Jun 03, 2009 at 10:50 PM Anonymous Says:
There's a kind-of related problem. Some agency in NJ (I heard the radio report about six months ago but never tracked it down further) discovered that there's a flammability issue.
Like many other synthetic materials (and triply so for recycled rubber), once it starts burning it leads to nasty flames, smoke, and is difficult to put out.
(Think of the trouble whenever a "tire dump" catches fire).
There were some cases in Jersey where arsonists set fires in garbage cans or in piles of leaves... that were on top of these surfaces. The fires spread to the rubber and got messy.
Fortunately these were all outdoors and could be "drenched" by the fire hoses, but if these were next to buildings, or out door fuel tanks, etc., etc.
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Jun 03, 2009 at 08:33 PM Sports Fan Says:
So 'splain to me why there are so many foot and leg injuries on artificial turf?
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Jun 04, 2009 at 09:03 AM Milhouse Says:
“ So 'splain to me why there are so many foot and leg injuries on artificial turf? ”
No more than on grass.