Part 1 communicates the research objectives methods results and findings for the tire crumb rubber characterization research i e what is in the material.
Artificial turf crumb rubber cancer.
Developed in the late 1990s crumb rubber turf was considered a vast improvement over the 1960s surface known as astroturf which amounted to a carpet of short fake grass laid over a pad and asphalt base.
In 2006 a norwegian study evaluated the dangers of using styrene butadiene rubber rubber crumb in the composition of artificial turf.
Crumb rubber infill is estimated to be about 90 of the weight of fields thus forming the vast majority of the playing surface.
He is not the first to suggest this link.
Recently the crumbs have been implicated in causing cancer in adolescents and young.
Artificial turf or synthetic turf is made of plastic blades of grass backing material to hold the blades and infill usually crumb rubber that helps support the blades.
Artificial turf is surface of synthetic fibers resembling natural grass.
It is widely used for sports fields for being more hard wearing and resistant than natural surfaces.
Part 2 to be released later will include data to characterize potential human exposures to the chemicals found in the tire crumb rubber material while using synthetic turf fields.
After a list of soccer players with cancer prompted an investigation the state found nothing unusual but one coach still thinks the cancer might be linked to artificial turf.
It hasn t been scientifically proven that athletes exposed to crumb rubber have higher rates of cancer than the general population and the synthetic turf industry insists its product is safe.
Most synthetic turf fields have crumb rubber interspersed among the simulated grass fibers to reduce athletic injuries by allowing users to turn and slide more readily as they play sports or exercise on the fields.
A new artificial turf system was developed in the early 2000s based on crumb rubber the black crumbs are small pieces of styrene butadiene rubber made from grinding up old vehicle tires.
Research shows that crumb rubber pellets made of recycled tires can contain toxic chemicals metals and carcinogens but not necessarily at levels.
The tire crumbs are poured in between the artificial grass blades giving the artificial fields more cushion and support.
