EXCLUSIVE: How Safe Is Artificial Turf? | msnbc

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  • Опубликовано: 8 окт 2014
  • Could the material used to make artificial turf be harmful? And is there a real danger to kid athletes across America? NBC News investigates.
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    How Safe Is Artificial Turf? | msnbc

Комментарии • 63

  • @Cohodes
    @Cohodes 9 лет назад +92

    in 200 years.. people will laugh about how stupid we were to use these cancer fields

    • @jfl8561
      @jfl8561 7 лет назад +14

      Or we will still be using it regardless because the industry has a lot of money to lobby and fund "scientific research" that supports their cause. Money always wins in this country. hopefully that changes

    • @jarronhaleysorrell
      @jarronhaleysorrell 3 года назад +1

      Watch a movie called Ideocracy.

  • @gattaca627
    @gattaca627 7 лет назад +33

    I played soccer all my life. Just yesterday after playing on turf I woke up this morning coughing and I could feel there was crumb rubber in my body. Did I inhale it? Did I swallow it? I don't know. I just know it made me sick..I would stay away where possible...

  • @yourbadger5486
    @yourbadger5486 8 лет назад +96

    This crap cuts you up so bad in football

    • @burnaldo8995
      @burnaldo8995 6 лет назад +8

      Its really common, yet overlooked.

    • @miguelmagana5286
      @miguelmagana5286 5 лет назад +14

      Also soccer I just finished defending in soccer, I did a couple of slide tackles and man my knees were all scratched up.

    • @davidgheorghiu9990
      @davidgheorghiu9990 5 лет назад +7

      It's not the burns for me it's my knees that get screwed up.

    • @zach-1307
      @zach-1307 4 года назад +1

      lima bean i looked up ways to treat it and i find this

    • @johnnyguerra5427
      @johnnyguerra5427 4 года назад

      I prefer Truf, I may get cut up, but I least I want get Cancer from AG.

  • @burninghammerstudios7033
    @burninghammerstudios7033 6 лет назад +41

    easy fix.... don't use tires. just make rubber specifically for the field

    • @almostfm
      @almostfm 6 лет назад +4

      That's what I was thinking. I'm curious about how much the cost would go up, because crumb rubber from recycled tires is pretty cheap

    • @uwotm8
      @uwotm8 5 лет назад +1

      Burning Hammer Studios After research being done, it was found that even if you ate a whole pint of the stuff all at once you'd be fine. Apart from the choking hazard...

    • @imjustyourneighbor3602
      @imjustyourneighbor3602 4 года назад +2

      Easy fix don’t let white people do anything because white are so extra

    • @Suratic
      @Suratic 3 года назад +2

      Or they could use dirt

  • @tundrawind1
    @tundrawind1 5 лет назад +7

    My 22 year old son who was a soccer field player on both indoor and outdoor artificial turf fields since the age of 9 was just diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma. He is undergoing chemotherapy now and suffering from terrible side effects. He is at higher risk for health problems related to the lymphoma and chemotherapy for the rest of his life, provided that treatment is effective and his cancer goes into remission. There is a chance he may die if treatment is not effective or he may relapse with lymphoma or develop other cancers later in life.
    We need to protect our kids from the likely health dangers of these fields and keep them off until the scientific studies about the effects of these chemicals on human bodies are known. Please speak up in your communities, advocate against the use of these fields and educate your state and government officials about the potential danger of artificial turf fields.

  • @JaneDoe-ql7sc
    @JaneDoe-ql7sc 2 года назад +5

    It turns out that artificial turf is made from old tires, and very bad chemicals are emitted which are causing leukemia and more. Also, the surface of turf apparently gets very hot, one measurement showed 200 degrees on a 98 degree day!

  • @Mrcharles.
    @Mrcharles. 6 лет назад +12

    You need to use the study with the NFL and other American football participants to determine whether the turf is ok to use. Since they have a ton of power, it's up to them to decide not independent soccer associations to use artificial turf

    • @johnlee7377
      @johnlee7377 6 лет назад

      ehyyyy, i thought your comment was mine, and i thought "i don't remember watching this video"

  • @Cujo_Ate_My_Credit_Card
    @Cujo_Ate_My_Credit_Card 6 лет назад +16

    You may save water with the artificial turf but the chemicals and particles that seep to the ground from it poisons the surface and ground water.

  • @davidgheorghiu9990
    @davidgheorghiu9990 5 лет назад +18

    Neymar likes to roll on the ground a lot does that mean he has a good chance of getting cancer?

    • @danielortiz388
      @danielortiz388 4 года назад +23

      David Gheorghiu They play on real grass...Do your research before trying to be funny.

    • @All_About_the_Benjamins
      @All_About_the_Benjamins Год назад

      He gets to play on real grass.

  • @jonug1234
    @jonug1234 4 года назад +3

    Well, before this video I was excited for my schools new Astro turf field

  • @littletodger7008
    @littletodger7008 3 года назад +2

    Artificial turf has been calibrated at 40% HOTTER subsurface and radiation of heat than bitumen under the same conditions.

  • @rachelgarber1423
    @rachelgarber1423 6 лет назад +8

    Notice the "expert" sits on the artificial turf board. Something's rotten in Denmark

  • @gunnarkimball3676
    @gunnarkimball3676 2 года назад +1

    Turf tears up soccer cleats like it’s nothing

  • @uwotm8
    @uwotm8 5 лет назад +10

    After research being done, it was found that even if you ate a whole pint of the stuff all at once you'd be fine. Apart from the choking hazard...

  • @futbollocotv6119
    @futbollocotv6119 Год назад +1

    Still nothing done 2023

  • @jeremiahs4862
    @jeremiahs4862 4 года назад +4

    Where my wide receivers at? First day at camp it looks like I've been attacked by a lion.

  • @steelers2god734
    @steelers2god734 4 года назад

    I know

  • @adooon
    @adooon 2 года назад +1

    i am a goalkeeper and i am scared now

  • @krudeddie
    @krudeddie 6 лет назад +5

    Remember they said smoking was safe and Dr. even told pepole to smoke to help for diffrent things.

  • @fdcx1852
    @fdcx1852 3 года назад

    They have got much better now

  • @austininmon643
    @austininmon643 6 лет назад +8

    Explain to me why NFL players aren't dropping like flies then. Those guys spend an immense amount of time with their faces in turf.

    • @Lundahlium
      @Lundahlium 5 лет назад +5

      You just said it, NFL, the NFL has a players' union. Changes everything.

    • @iwnl_vale
      @iwnl_vale 5 лет назад +5

      They don't use that kind of turf

    • @kathleenmichels4952
      @kathleenmichels4952 4 года назад +2

      The dose makes the poison. And is cumulative. The soccer goalies are the proverbial canaries on the tire crumb field. Diving into it over and over. NFL players hate what it does to their bodies and the damage it does to their joints. Baltimore Ravens have gone back to grass as have other NFL teams and Universities.

  • @grape4449
    @grape4449 3 года назад

    Lol what???? This is so weird how does turf hurt you

  • @imjustyourneighbor3602
    @imjustyourneighbor3602 4 года назад

    A, and you would think that football players that played 30 years in truf they would also have cancer

  • @mattymaccaro
    @mattymaccaro 6 лет назад +5

    A massive public information campaign is needed immediately. Cancer fields for our children are becoming more and more prevalent. If all you have is a suspicion that this is cancerous, isn't that enough for parents to become motivated to act against their schools and communities installing these fields? Why do you allow your kids to play on these surfaces?

    • @tristananderson9112
      @tristananderson9112 6 лет назад

      Hjv

    • @uwotm8
      @uwotm8 5 лет назад

      After research being done, it was found that even if you ate a whole pint of the stuff all at once you'd be fine. Apart from the choking hazard...

  • @Lundahlium
    @Lundahlium 5 лет назад

    Why can't the University buy a better field?

  • @Jstvcks
    @Jstvcks 6 лет назад +5

    Artificial turf should be banned

    • @uwotm8
      @uwotm8 5 лет назад

      Jared After research being done, it was found that even if you ate a whole pint of the stuff all at once you'd be fine. Apart from the choking hazard...

  • @heavyflamerheresy2581
    @heavyflamerheresy2581 2 года назад

    🤔 is it The same in EU. I dont know.

  • @mabizz2284
    @mabizz2284 6 лет назад +1

    Ban mc Donalds then

  • @sakis007
    @sakis007 5 лет назад +1

    Turf is safe. Use rubber from raw material and don’t try to be environmentally friendly and recycle tires for this use.
    Also you can fill it with cork instead of rubber.

    • @michaelmagliaro3463
      @michaelmagliaro3463 5 лет назад

      It's not becuase they dont and they won't replace their investment unless forced to and there aren't laws so no one would ever install them so they are absolutely not safe

  • @yahir2043
    @yahir2043 5 лет назад

    Not ture defenders have to slide on turf multiple times I brun my leg with turf more then 30 times and I haven't developed cancer.