Seems like a stretch, but I guess stranger things have happened.
To: smokingfrog
I don’t suppose it came from eating too much carpet?
2 posted on
10/01/2015 7:58:51 AM PDT by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: smokingfrog
Guess the GMO and vaccine people are still working to point the finger elsewhere.
To: smokingfrog
“Some parents and activists, however, say there should be more testing and that federal regulators should take a position on its safety.”
In other words test test study and repeat till you find the results that fits your cause. If all else fails do what NBC does....taint the study or have Lyin Brian report on it.
5 posted on
10/01/2015 8:03:51 AM PDT by
Autonomous User
(During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
To: smokingfrog
I’ll bet artificial turf, much like a plastic cutting board, is a breeding ground for all sorts of nasty bacteria. Who knows what constant irritations that never really heal could result from that?
6 posted on
10/01/2015 8:07:37 AM PDT by
Eccl 10:2
(Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding")
To: smokingfrog
It is hard for some parents to move on after the death of a child. They seek some meaning in their child’s death. They want some good to come from it, however misguided.
7 posted on
10/01/2015 8:12:27 AM PDT by
TheDon
(BO must be replaced immediately for the good of the nation and the world!)
To: smokingfrog
Sadly, I have read about a number of young athlete deaths that have a connection to artificial turf. This ‘crumble’ does appear to have carcinogenic agents in it. And athletes are frequently down on the turf inhaling whatever has been disturbed from the turf. I do believe there should be a study, cataloging the deaths and comparing the type of ‘crumble’ used in the turf. It's the only way to learn and prevent possible harm to our kids. And if the study finds ‘no harm’, then so be it. Just don't let the ‘crumble’ makers fund the study.
8 posted on
10/01/2015 8:16:54 AM PDT by
originalbuckeye
("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
To: smokingfrog
All the lawyers in South Florida just got a “woodie”
13 posted on
10/01/2015 8:28:20 AM PDT by
Popman
(Christ alone: My Cornerstone...)
To: smokingfrog
From the article: No research has linked crumb or shredded rubber to cancer, and the turf industry says dozens of studies have shown the surface poses no health risk.
14 posted on
10/01/2015 8:33:54 AM PDT by
WayneS
(Yeah, it's probably sarcasm...)
To: smokingfrog; Gamecock; SaveFerris; FredZarguna; PROCON; KC_Lion
"Astroturf! We know who's behind that, don't we?!"
To: smokingfrog
Thanks to the gov’t demonization of tobacco, people believe that exposure to trivial amounts of substances have grave consequences, as if it’s radioactive material or weaponized botulism toxin.
People naturally conclude that if one whiff of second hand smoke is “harmful” then exposure to anything else that might contain something harmful is just as deadly. This is also the irrational basis for most aversions to immunizations. The gov has brought this on itself.
In truth, if the turf is so harmful, you’d be getting cancer closer to the vehicle of exposure - skin cancer from scraping against it, or lung cancer from inhaling dust.
In fact, you’d be inhaling more “tire dust” just driving on the road or living near a busy one. Tires gradually wear out by being burned off from frictional forces. The resulting “dust” does go somewhere.
Nevertheless, before claiming turf or tires as a “cause”, it could easily be verified by performing an autopsy looking for such material deposits in their bodies.
Not likely.
23 posted on
10/01/2015 8:55:38 AM PDT by
fruser1
To: smokingfrog
It would be very easy to do a comparative study to other sports playing on artificial turf, if they have the same issues with cancer showing up in players beyond normal rates... ...
Baseball, Softball, Football, Lacrosse...
This could be the next soccer mom, vaccine like nuttiness cause...
My kid played on artificial turf and that's the reason he's an idoit, it ruined his brain...
Give me money...!!!
24 posted on
10/01/2015 8:55:39 AM PDT by
Popman
(Christ alone: My Cornerstone...)
To: smokingfrog
“she came to believe that artificial turf used on soccer fields was the culprit”
No need for medical studies, a grieving mother has a hunch. Get the pitchforks!
To: smokingfrog
A whole town got cancer, and no one survived.
A truck was found leaking by the roadside . . .
51 posted on
10/20/2015 6:23:53 PM PDT by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Democrats and GOP-e: a difference of degree, not philosophy)
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