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Op-Ed: Cancer Claims About Artificial Turf Fields Not
May 04, 2016· Op-Ed: Cancer Claims About Artificial Turf Fields Not Based on Science.... Recycled rubber is the most commonly used infill — the shock absorbing layer — in artificial turf fields, and as...
Article: Artificial Turf = Toxic Turf | OpEdNews
Nov 12, 2016· However, there are now nearly 12,000 sports fields in the U.S. using artificial turf and more are proposed including in the school district where I live, Sag Harbor on Long Island, New York.Author: Karl Grossman
Is artificial turf causing cancer? Baltimore Sun
Dec 28, 2014· Synthetic turf fields are made of a synthetic grasslike material, to which 40,000 ground-up rubber tires are added as "in-fill." It is the out-gassing of chemicals from these ground-up rubber tire...Author: Nancy Alderman
No Verdict in Sight on Safety of Crumb Rubber Fields
Amanda Gabriele of North Haven, Conn., would love to be wrong. The mother of two, Gabriele has been anxiously awaiting results of a federal study begun in 2016 to unravel the public health mystery of synthetic turf laced with crumbs of ground-up tires.. With at least 12,000 crumb rubber fields already in use in the United States – and 1,200 to 1,500 more going in each year – the stakes of...
Toxic PFAS Chemicals Found in Artificial Turf – The PFAS
Oct 09, 2019· But the mix of chemicals composing today’s turf are decidedly not grass. The rubber, which is used in huge amounts some 40,000 tires are shredded to cover a single artificial turf field, contains heavy metals and other chemicals shown to pose serious health risks. Environmental groups have taken issue with the health risks of turf.
Op-Ed: Using artificial intelligence to diagnose cancer
Jan 12, 2020· Op-Ed: Using artificial intelligence to diagnose cancer could mean unnecessary treatments Shown is a scanning electron microscope image of a breast cancer cell. (National Cancer
State analysis finds no increased cancer rates among
Jan 18, 2017· The study was prompted by an ongoing debate over whether the use of crumb rubber — made from recycled tires — to cushion artificial turf fields could cause cancer in young athletes
Are synthetic turf fields making young athletes sick
Aug 13, 2016· Op-Ed. Opinion Columns... prove a link between crumb rubber infill on sports fields and cancer.... limited to measuring chemicals from five artificial turf fields, and did not explore the...
The science is in — EPA, end the debate on turf safety
Troublingly, the EPA admitted in July that, “Due to time and resources constraints, we are not able, within this study, to investigate other types of fields (e.g. natural grass, synthetic fields...
Parents Want San Diego Unified to Reverse Field on Turf
Sep 24, 2020· Parents Want San Diego Unified to Reverse Field on Turf Installations. There isn't much in the way of conclusive evidence of negative health impacts as a result of exposure to crumb rubber in turf playing fields, though several state and federal studies are under way.'Look, You Can't Do a Ribbon-Cutting...Jun 10, 2020Despite Failures, San Diego Unified Just Can’t Quit...Nov 12, 2018The Latest FieldTurf Issue Is Nothing...Nov 12, 2018Across the County, Taxpayer-Funded Turf Fields Are Falling...Nov 12, 2018See more results
Article: Artificial Turf = Toxic Turf | OpEdNews
Nov 12, 2016· However, there are now nearly 12,000 sports fields in the U.S. using artificial turf and more are proposed including in the school district where I live, Sag Harbor on Long Island, New York.
Is artificial turf causing cancer? Baltimore Sun
Dec 28, 2014· Synthetic turf fields are made of a synthetic grasslike material, to which 40,000 ground-up rubber tires are added as "in-fill." It is the out-gassing of chemicals from these ground-up rubber tire...
Are synthetic turf fields making young athletes sick
Aug 13, 2016· Op-Ed. Opinion Columns... prove a link between crumb rubber infill on sports fields and cancer.... limited to measuring chemicals from five artificial turf fields, and did not explore the...
Op-Ed: Quinnipiac take note: Grass fields are safest
Jan 13, 2019· Industry claims this type of infill is an environmentally friendly alternative for synthetic turf fields — however, the cork has now frozen, making their synthetic field unplayable.
Titans for Turf but is it Safe? – Dominion High School Press
Recently, Dominion High School has been making a strong push to install an artificial turf field despite claims that crumb rubber artificial turf is a cancer causing substance. Loudoun County is standing firm that they these fields are completely safe for athletes to compete on, and they will continue to build them. Crumb rubber (ground...
OpEd EHHI
EHHI's Op-Ed in response to schools and towns installing artificial turf fields that contain ground-up rubber tire in-fill. Environment and Human Health Inc. EHHI remains concerned about the synthetic turf fields that are being installed by schools and towns all over the United States.
Safety of crumb rubber artificial playing fields open
The dates are embedded in McKenzie Hicks' memory. First diagnosed with cancer: Feb. 14, 2011. Declared in remission: Aug. 10, 2011. Diagnosed with lymphoma a second time: July 10, 2013.
Op-Ed: Sierra Club says judge is in error, ruling in favor
Feb 05, 2014· Op-Ed: Sierra Club says... They claim the tire crumbs in the artificial turf would cause a significant environmental impact. When this reporter talked with Feinstein this past January 7, he said...
Sep 27, 2020· The new artificial-turf fields made of Duraspine fibers were meant to last up to 15 years and significantly reduce the cost of field maintenance — virtually paying for themselves after just a...
Guest View: Time to revisit the decision on synthetic fields
Mar 13, 2020· Since the city’s last regime in 2017 rammed through a proposal for a synthetic turf field, even more studies have emerged revealing the health and environmental hazards of artificial fields.
Study Finds No Evidence of Risk in Synthetic Turf The
May 15, 2008· Instead, it found that available data either did not support claims about many of the health and safety hazards attributed to artificial turf or that existing research was inconclusive.
Op-ed: The artificial turf agenda GreenwichTime
Op-ed: The artificial turf agenda. Real Grass for Healthy Kids. Updated... “The 2010 risk assessment of five artificial turf fields in Connecticut does not provide conclusive evidence about the...
Artificial-turf saga carries on in Levittown | Herald
Of the 12 public school districts in Nassau that unknowingly purchased defective artificial turf fields between 2006 and 2012, only the Levittown School District has filed a claim to have its two...
Citizens group says test shows PFAS in PHS athletic field
Jun 13, 2020· The fields are contractually obligated to be PFAS-free, and will be filled with Safeshell, a more natural alternative to the crumb rubber filling found at Tom Daubney Field and artificial turf...
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