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Artificial Turf and Crumb Rubber

Topics: Artificial Turf, Built Environment, Chemical Agents, Contaminants and Hazards
Modern artificial turf is used indoors and outdoors in a wide variety of settings, including multipurpose recreational and professional sports fields, playgrounds, residential areas, and public…
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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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Using a Hierarchy of Evidence to Assess Chemical Health Risks of Artificial Turf

Topics: Artificial Turf, Built Environment, Chemical Agents, Contaminants and Hazards, Practices and Procedures, Risk Analysis
Over the past 40 years, artificial turf has become common in public and private settings. Compared to natural turf, artificial turf is easier to maintain, requires less water and no fertilizer, and…
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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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