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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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.)[/quote]

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

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.[/quote]

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