http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5522769/Former-NHS-chief-blames.html
Sad news but has his dad a point??
Sad news but has his dad a point??
Exactly - as the FA statement said:Dreadfully sad story - but if 3g pitches are dangerous, then so are car tyres? My own son has handled car tyres professionally for about 15 years now!
"A large number of studies have further confirmed that the effects of SBR rubber are as negligible as the effect of ingesting grilled foods or exposure to tyre wear on roads in everyday life."
Not exactly an epidemiological study but certainly suggests there is an issue.http://www.ehhi.org/turf-cancer-stats.php Interesting data!!!
Any National organisation weighing on something being 'thought' to be safe is IMO lawyer speak for WTF.......We could be hung out to dry here!!!
Exactly why an epidemiological study is required to establish whether there is a causal link. The collation of this data I s not about what the individual thinks caused their cancer but that they were football players that have contracted cancer. On this basis it is suggestive but hardly conclusive for a lot of reasons.I'm not sure about the reliability of that data. Compiling statistics (and assessing risk) by asking people to self-report if they think their cancer was caused by synthetic turf is hardly employing a sound scientific method, is it?
From a scientific point of view those statistics have little value, as far as i can tell.
Also, according to an article in BusinessWire, although admittedly using information from advocates of synthetic turf, the EHHI has habit of "cherry-picking half-truths to support their misleading views of synthetic turf fields."
They said head injury in US football wasn’t an issue for years or smoking wasn’t linked to cancer!
Even concussion till very recently wasn’t thought to be so serious!
Wake up people!
Quite right SF. It takes a generation or two to get the empirical evidence that any particular substance has a long term ill health effect.Not quite getting my point PP, for years and years and years all the evidence was that both were perfectly OK.
As time went by and more proof was found it became the truth rather than the accusation! Both cost multi millions / billions in subsequent compensation.
Chemicals? Oh no, how terrifying!!!http://www.toxipedia.org/display/toxipedia/Crumb+Rubber
Mmmm, not looking good this!!!
......There were 96 chemicals found in 14 samples analyzed, half of which have had no government testing!!!!
Many countries have already banned them !!! Why??