Turf Soccer Fields And Cancer

Was it caused by the artificial turf field.

Turf soccer fields and cancer.

One study suggested that the artificial fields put additional strain on. An overwhelming majority of major league soccer players in a different 2013 survey said the crumb rubber fields would increase the risk of injury and physical discomfort and prolong recovery times. It is widely used for sports fields for being more hard wearing and resistant than natural surfaces. 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.

The broadcast focused on amy griffin associate head coach. Most use infills of crumb rubber from recycled tires which use is controversial because of concerns that the tires contain carcinogens. Recently the crumbs have been implicated in causing cancer in adolescents and young. After more than 50 soccer players were diagnosed with cancer their coach asks.

A 2013 survey of top female soccer players found that they were 80 percent less likely to slide tackle on synthetic fields. Every day hundreds of thousands of soccer goalies come home from competing on artificial turf fields and remove rubber crumbs from their hair mouths nose and abrasions shaking the stuff from. In 2014 nbc looked into the potential link between the rubber crumbs used in artificial turf and female soccer players getting cancer.