"Artificial turf potentially linked to cancer deaths of six Phillies ball players"

[DrLeftover]

Artificial turf potentially linked to cancer deaths of six Phillies ball players – report​

The lawn replacement – largely fallen out of favor in professional sports these days – contains large amounts of toxic chemicals

Tom Perkins
Fri 10 Mar 2023 05.00 EST


A report on a possible link between a rare brain cancer that killed six professional US baseball players and toxic chemicals in artificial turf is raising a new round of questions over whether synthetic sports fields pose a health threat to athletes and others who use them.
The six athletes, who all died from glioblastoma, played most of their careers with the Philadelphia Phillies, a team that for decades competed on artificial turf in Veterans Stadium

Artificial turf potentially linked to cancer deaths of six Phillies ball players – report

The lawn replacement – largely fallen out of favor in professional sports these days – contains large amounts of toxic chemicals

www.theguardian.com

WIth PAYWALL:

Six former Phillies died from the same brain cancer. We tested the Vet’s turf and found dangerous chemicals.

Tests run on two samples of old Vet Stadium turf found it contained 16 different types of PFAS, or per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances — so-called “forever chemicals."

www.inquirer.com

 

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All artificial turf is made with toxic PFAS compounds and some types are still produced with recycled tires that can contain heavy metals, benzene, volatile organic compounds and other carcinogens, and a growing number of US municipalities and states have banned or proposed banning them.

Wonderful stuff..... how many schools have this turf?

 

[Webster]

The six athletes, who all died from glioblastoma

That's enough of a cluster to warrant investigation....

 

[passenger]

Wonderful stuff..... how many schools have this turf?

I thought that had been outlawed in schools many years ago. Who Knew??

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

Wonderful stuff..... how many schools have this turf?

I thought that had been outlawed in schools many years ago. Who Knew??

Thought it was too, never seen one around here with that stuff. Plain old grass here.

 

[DrLeftover]

Thought it was too, never seen one around here with that stuff. Plain old grass here.

Perhaps a bit of research is needed

Ithaca College Football Stadium to Get Artificial Turf Field and Lights - Ithaca College Athletics

Gift from 1981 alumna will fund project.

athletics.ithaca.edu

Artificial turf fields now in the majority for high school football fields

HIGH SCHOOLS - It was just 18 years ago that every single high school football field across Section II was natural grass. When the time finally came that a school opted to put in an artificial turf surface, Amsterdam was the guinea pig. “We were excited about it,” said Bob Noto, Amsterdam’s at

dailygazette.com

 

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To be fair I don't think I've been to a high school football field in several years so I don't know what their fields consist of. Just cousins and friend's kids games (they're all in middle school and under and its alll real grass).