ESPN E:60 -- Turf Wars

[Homerboy]

I know this is likely more sensationalism and fear mongering news reporting, but it does give me slight pause -- especially since my local city just installed new turf fields everywhere and my son will be playing a ton of sports on them.

http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/e60-preview-turf-safe/story?id=34939110


Excerpt from show:
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=14045313

 

[waggy]

interesting. i always wondered if it was safe or not. I just figured it was or they wouldn't be using it.

 

[edro]

After that hospital visit, to see a friend (and fellow goalie) who was receiving chemotherapy treatments, Griffin started a list: a list of athletes with cancer. That was in 2009. Today the list has almost 200 names. Most are soccer players. About two-thirds are goalies.

What?! Damn...
I've probably played a few hundred matches on rubber turf fields.

 

[rh71]

it is interesting. "Science takes a little bit of time"... so they're putting it out there first and we'll see what happens.

It's no wonder our town paid for a turf field at our HS out of their own good will recently. There's also a landfill (probably including tires) that probably needed clearing. And nearby towns have done the same. I'm thinking about linking this issue on the local FB page.

 

[Homerboy]

Our local highschools (east and west) has just put in 2 turf baseball fields, 2 turf football fields, 1 turf soccer field and soon 2 turf softball fields. I understand WHY they do it, but as I said, watching this special makes me "worry" (even just a little bit) since the science has not yet proven them truly safe (then again what ISN'T dangerous in the world today)