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Synthetic turf pitches with rubber granulate infill: are there health risks for people playing sports on such pitches?

The presence of carcinogenic substances in rubber granulate made from old car tyres raised concerns that the use of this granulate as infill on synthetic turf pitches may cause leukaemia and lymphoma in young football players and goalkeepers. Limitations in a number of prior studies on the topic cas...

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Autores principales: Pronk, Marja E. J., Woutersen, Marjolijn, Herremans, Joke M. M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group US 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7181390/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30568187
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41370-018-0106-1