Artificial turf linked to cancer?

[FredFromDartmouth]

How Safe Is The Artificial Turf Your Child Plays On? - NBCNews.com

I hate the stuff for a variety of reasons, but I never suspected a cancer link.

Tens of thousands of different tires from different brands may be used in one field. According to the EPA, mercury, lead, benzene, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and arsenic, among several other chemicals, heavy metals, and carcinogens, have been found in tires.​

 

[Brady_to_Moss]

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/how-safe-artificial-turf-your-child-plays-n220166

I hate the stuff for a variety of reasons, but I never suspected a cancer link

Didn';t expect this. So the black pellets are the problem

But still no hard data to back it up....wonder if we will see more tests

 

[FredFromDartmouth]

It is hard to believe but...wow....

Anyway the solution to schools using artificial turf is to have parents select a school for their your football star based on the playing surface. If they want to protect their son, they should select a school with natural fields. Do parents reall want little Johnny to risk turf toe, staph infections, non-contact injuries, Achilles problems, cancer, etc. Of course knees can be blown out on either real grass or turf but turf seems to be worse because it does not give.

 

[TBR]

Seems like everything causes cancer these days (toothpaste, deodorant, etc.) so I'm not too surprised. Not trying to discredit it though - I'm actually quite paranoid about these sorts of things and prefer all-natural whenever possible

 

[PatsFan37]

And here I thought it was linked to concussions.

 

[Nikolai]

And here I thought it was linked to concussions.

And randomly torn ACLs...

 

[deters]

I heard turf gives you ebola...