Turf fields for soccer?

[Anonymous]

Not a PP, but a lot of these prior post seem to be coming from hectoring douchebags, which shouldn't be surprising on these fora. It's pretty clear what are the political leanings of the hopeless denizens of this bubble.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The crumb rubber in a lot of artificial turfs is nasty stuff -- if you ingest vast quantities of it. It's basically made from discarded tires.

So look at this way. Are you going to stop driving because there's a cancer risk from your tires? No. But you probably wouldn't want to EAT a tire.

So far, there's no science to back up a link between artificial turf and cancer. But you should probably:

A. Tell your kids to brush the rubber crumbs away.

B. Tell your kids not to swallow a bunch of rubber crumbs.

C. Get your kids to wash their hands between soccer practice and dinner.

(Which is all pretty much what you'd tell them if they were playing on dirt or goose poop, anyway.)

Crumb rubber is out and now zeolite is in. Has anyone played on the new soccerplex fields yet? What's the zeolite like?

[Anonymous]

The crumb tire rubber is nasty stuff. Organic infill is now an option but it is getting adopted very slowly. The increased cancer risk (probably minor increase but I believe it) is only one problem. The field surface absorbs heat and gets extremely and unsafely hot on hot sunny days. Who knows what fumes are coming off that stuff on a hot day.

I do understand that replacing turf fields is not a big budget priority. The local governments seem to really let the fields go past their maintenance and replacement dates. There are some local fields that look mostly black with the green turf worn out and bunches of crumb rubber getting tossed up. The youth soccer community should kick in some money for earlier turf field replacement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The crumb rubber in a lot of artificial turfs is nasty stuff -- if you ingest vast quantities of it. It's basically made from discarded tires.

So look at this way. Are you going to stop driving because there's a cancer risk from your tires? No. But you probably wouldn't want to EAT a tire.

So far, there's no science to back up a link between artificial turf and cancer. But you should probably:

A. Tell your kids to brush the rubber crumbs away.

B. Tell your kids not to swallow a bunch of rubber crumbs.

C. Get your kids to wash their hands between soccer practice and dinner.

(Which is all pretty much what you'd tell them if they were playing on dirt or goose poop, anyway.)

Crumb rubber is out and now zeolite is in. Has anyone played on the new soccerplex fields yet? What's the zeolite like?

I've just walked on it and kicked around while my son has played. The fields are very new at the soccerplex, but seem great and as grasslike as turf usually is. It's nice and lush and doesn't seem to catch cleats as much as the shredded tires do, which is good. All the better if it's going to be less toxic. It's lush now and almost too deep for turf shoes if not totally dry, but I think it's a positive step forward. Time will tell though on how it wears.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The crumb rubber in a lot of artificial turfs is nasty stuff -- if you ingest vast quantities of it. It's basically made from discarded tires.

So look at this way. Are you going to stop driving because there's a cancer risk from your tires? No. But you probably wouldn't want to EAT a tire.

So far, there's no science to back up a link between artificial turf and cancer. But you should probably:

A. Tell your kids to brush the rubber crumbs away.

B. Tell your kids not to swallow a bunch of rubber crumbs.

C. Get your kids to wash their hands between soccer practice and dinner.

(Which is all pretty much what you'd tell them if they were playing on dirt or goose poop, anyway.)

It’s the dust, you moron. As the kids play the dust of those pellets and plastic grass gets kicked up and you breathe it in. The problem is not that people are eating the turf grass field elements.
This is a hard thing to study as the cancer (or lung damage or deposits of materials in your brain or liver) would not happen immediately but 20+ years down the road. That doesn’t mean that your kids should be ingesting carcinogenic dust.

[Anonymous]

Our rec team has a bunch of fidgety girls that like to mess around with the grass or turf of whatever field they're on. I'm pretty adamant that they should NOT be picking at the turf with their hands - it's just not worth the additional risk.

Plus let's face it, people are walking all over that with lord-knows-what on their shoes. Dogs and other animals are walking over it, with dirty paws. Why dirty your hands unnecessarily?

The girls look at me like I'm crazy.

[Anonymous]

RantingSoccerDad wrote:This is written by someone who used to work in the industry but is quite candid about what's a major issue and what isn't. (He's also the son of former WNT coach Tony DiCicco.)

https://medium.com/@adicicco/end-of-an-era-for-crumb-rubber-d368600028ff

What a pointless and baseless article.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The crumb rubber in a lot of artificial turfs is nasty stuff -- if you ingest vast quantities of it. It's basically made from discarded tires.

So look at this way. Are you going to stop driving because there's a cancer risk from your tires? No. But you probably wouldn't want to EAT a tire.

So far, there's no science to back up a link between artificial turf and cancer. But you should probably:

A. Tell your kids to brush the rubber crumbs away.

B. Tell your kids not to swallow a bunch of rubber crumbs.

C. Get your kids to wash their hands between soccer practice and dinner.

(Which is all pretty much what you'd tell them if they were playing on dirt or goose poop, anyway.)

It’s the dust, you moron. As the kids play the dust of those pellets and plastic grass gets kicked up and you breathe it in. The problem is not that people are eating the turf grass field elements.
This is a hard thing to study as the cancer (or lung damage or deposits of materials in your brain or liver) would not happen immediately but 20+ years down the road. That doesn’t mean that your kids should be ingesting carcinogenic dust.

Clown. DC isn’t going pro so just enjoy the experience.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The crumb rubber in a lot of artificial turfs is nasty stuff -- if you ingest vast quantities of it. It's basically made from discarded tires.

So look at this way. Are you going to stop driving because there's a cancer risk from your tires? No. But you probably wouldn't want to EAT a tire.

So far, there's no science to back up a link between artificial turf and cancer. But you should probably:

A. Tell your kids to brush the rubber crumbs away.

B. Tell your kids not to swallow a bunch of rubber crumbs.

C. Get your kids to wash their hands between soccer practice and dinner.

(Which is all pretty much what you'd tell them if they were playing on dirt or goose poop, anyway.)

It’s the dust, you moron. As the kids play the dust of those pellets and plastic grass gets kicked up and you breathe it in. The problem is not that people are eating the turf grass field elements.
This is a hard thing to study as the cancer (or lung damage or deposits of materials in your brain or liver) would not happen immediately but 20+ years down the road. That doesn’t mean that your kids should be ingesting carcinogenic dust.

Clown. DC isn’t going pro so just enjoy the experience.

Seeing as how the comment you responded to for absolutely no reason was from 8 YEARS AGO Im sure that person finished enjoying their DC's experience a while back

[Anonymous]

Either that or she died of cancer.