SYNTHETIC TURF

"This year 34 soccer goalies that have played on synthetic turf have gotten cancer"
Why?

This is due to the synthetic turf fields that are being placed all over America.

Claim: Synthetic turf fields put kids in danger every time they play on them.

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• "crumb rubber can contain about 250 chemicals"
• "With estimates of between 20,000 to 30,000 tires being ground up per field"

Potential Solutions

- Use more grass fields
- Encourage people to not use synthetic turf
- Raise awareness

CITATIONS

• Foudy, Julie, Nov 24, and 2015 espn W com. Turf Wars: How Safe Are The Fields Where We Play? espnW, 2016. Web. 2 May 2016.