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Artificial turf: Contributions and limits of health research in decision making

Topics: Artificial Turf, Chemical Agents, Children's Environmental Health, Physical Agents
Artificial turf continues to elicit public health concern as a potential risk to children’s health, which has prompted research investment to generate better and more comprehensive risk assessments.…
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Human health risk assessments addressing artificial turf and crumb rubber

Topics: Artificial Turf, Chemical Agents, Children's Environmental Health, Physical Agents
Public concern regarding the potential toxicological effects of exposure to artificial turf pitches has led to the publication of numerous human health risk assessments (HHRAs) on styrene-butadiene…
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The Ontario Public Health Convention (TOPHC)

Topics: Indigenous Environmental Health, Built Environment, Biological Agents, Cannabis, Children's Environmental Health, Contaminants and Hazards, Drinking Water, Emergency Preparedness, Emergency Response, Surveillance, Equity, Food, Indoor Air, Personal Service Establishments, Practices and Procedures, Radiation, Recreational Water, Tobacco Reduction, Water
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Weighing the complex public health and community impacts of artificial turf

Topics: Artificial Turf, Chemical Agents, Children's Environmental Health, Microplastics, Risk Analysis
Why are people so concerned about artificial turf? Since 2015, when soccer coach Amy Griffin went public with her concerns about seemingly elevated cancer rates among young soccer players, parents…
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