the right chemistry: toxicological risk of playing on artificial turf requires investigation
The women\'s football World Cup has provided us with some hot football, but it has also caused debate about the safety of playing on artificial turf.
This is a proper term as these surfaces are much hotter in the sun than in the natural grass, and players are more at risk of complaining about heat exhaustion.
They also complained about carpet burns and blisters on their feet.
But the bigger concern is the potential toxicity.
Monsanto developed its first synthetic gaming platform in the 1960 s.
When it is still acceptable to use a chemical connection in a positive way, it is named \"ChemGrass\", which is made by melting nylon particles and pigments together, the hot mixture is then squeezed by the spray head to produce ribbons that can be woven into fabric.
It is durable enough, but even if nylon is supported by a soft polyurethane foam layer, it is not fun to fall on it.
When it is installed as AstroTurf in Astrodome, Houston, the golfers must add \"carpet burning\" and \"turf toe\" to their vocabulary \".
A Canadian company, field turf, took the complaint to heart and proposed an improved version.
Hard nylon fiber, soft elastic polyethylene fiber, lubricated with silicone oil.
These are clustered into a rubber plastic pad, like a huge carpet.
However, the Labor tour is a \"filling\" consisting of sand and \"waste rubber\" particles, keeping the fibers upright and providing shock absorption capacity.
The old rubber tires and sneaker soles were frozen and ground and eventually became the subject of intense debate.
The problem is that the tires are made of a mix of natural rubber and synthetic rubber and contain a series of complex chemicals, from natural contaminants such as lead to zinc oxide used during vulcanization and hydrocarbons in multi-ring aromatic oils are mixed with rubber to provide an appropriate texture.
There are vulcanization accelerators, such as benzoxazol, Amine added as an antioxidant, and residues of benzene and styrene in synthetic rubber components.
Many of them are known, possible or possible carcinogens.
Some researchers claim that carbon black, as an enhanced filler, can hold \"nanoparticles\" that cause cancer and can even penetrate cells to find the way to the brain. Lead-
It has now been phased out, but the paint that used to color the grass is another worry.
There are also concerns that dust from rubber particles can cause allergies and asthma.
The main problem, of course, is the extent of exposure.
This may come from inhalation of volatile substances or dust released as the crumbs are further crushed under pressure.
It is also possible to swallow particles caused by movements on the pitch, which is a special concern for goalkeepers who often dive savings.
What are the consequences? American football coaches have collected data. S.
This shows that in athletes who spend a lot of time playing on artificial surfaces, the number of cancer cases is unusual, and in football, the incidence of goalkeepers is higher than that of other athletes.
The evidence is anecdotal so far, but science usually starts with people who notice the relationship and says, \"Well, it\'s not that interesting given the thousands of children \", those who are more susceptible to toxins and play on these surfaces need further investigation.
Determining whether there is indeed a link between artificial turf and cancer incidence requires reliable data, and we need data on the extent and impact of exposure.
The latter can be solved by sampling the floating chemicals in the air above the artificial site and immersing the turf sample in the liquid simulating sweat, lung mucus and digestive juice.
So far, a few experiments along these routes have found that the detected chemicals are lower than what is considered dangerous, but there is a big difference between turfs produced by different companies, so, small surveys do not yield conclusive results.
At this point, non-energising is at the risk of Toxicology (if any) that may look like grass, or even feel like grass but not like grass playing on artificial turf ).
This is a proper term as these surfaces are much hotter in the sun than in the natural grass, and players are more at risk of complaining about heat exhaustion.
They also complained about carpet burns and blisters on their feet.
But the bigger concern is the potential toxicity.
Monsanto developed its first synthetic gaming platform in the 1960 s.
When it is still acceptable to use a chemical connection in a positive way, it is named \"ChemGrass\", which is made by melting nylon particles and pigments together, the hot mixture is then squeezed by the spray head to produce ribbons that can be woven into fabric.
It is durable enough, but even if nylon is supported by a soft polyurethane foam layer, it is not fun to fall on it.
When it is installed as AstroTurf in Astrodome, Houston, the golfers must add \"carpet burning\" and \"turf toe\" to their vocabulary \".
A Canadian company, field turf, took the complaint to heart and proposed an improved version.
Hard nylon fiber, soft elastic polyethylene fiber, lubricated with silicone oil.
These are clustered into a rubber plastic pad, like a huge carpet.
However, the Labor tour is a \"filling\" consisting of sand and \"waste rubber\" particles, keeping the fibers upright and providing shock absorption capacity.
The old rubber tires and sneaker soles were frozen and ground and eventually became the subject of intense debate.
The problem is that the tires are made of a mix of natural rubber and synthetic rubber and contain a series of complex chemicals, from natural contaminants such as lead to zinc oxide used during vulcanization and hydrocarbons in multi-ring aromatic oils are mixed with rubber to provide an appropriate texture.
There are vulcanization accelerators, such as benzoxazol, Amine added as an antioxidant, and residues of benzene and styrene in synthetic rubber components.
Many of them are known, possible or possible carcinogens.
Some researchers claim that carbon black, as an enhanced filler, can hold \"nanoparticles\" that cause cancer and can even penetrate cells to find the way to the brain. Lead-
It has now been phased out, but the paint that used to color the grass is another worry.
There are also concerns that dust from rubber particles can cause allergies and asthma.
The main problem, of course, is the extent of exposure.
This may come from inhalation of volatile substances or dust released as the crumbs are further crushed under pressure.
It is also possible to swallow particles caused by movements on the pitch, which is a special concern for goalkeepers who often dive savings.
What are the consequences? American football coaches have collected data. S.
This shows that in athletes who spend a lot of time playing on artificial surfaces, the number of cancer cases is unusual, and in football, the incidence of goalkeepers is higher than that of other athletes.
The evidence is anecdotal so far, but science usually starts with people who notice the relationship and says, \"Well, it\'s not that interesting given the thousands of children \", those who are more susceptible to toxins and play on these surfaces need further investigation.
Determining whether there is indeed a link between artificial turf and cancer incidence requires reliable data, and we need data on the extent and impact of exposure.
The latter can be solved by sampling the floating chemicals in the air above the artificial site and immersing the turf sample in the liquid simulating sweat, lung mucus and digestive juice.
So far, a few experiments along these routes have found that the detected chemicals are lower than what is considered dangerous, but there is a big difference between turfs produced by different companies, so, small surveys do not yield conclusive results.
At this point, non-energising is at the risk of Toxicology (if any) that may look like grass, or even feel like grass but not like grass playing on artificial turf ).
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