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They use shredded tires in children’s playgrounds as artificial turf. A few years ago a soccer coach made the connection between that turf and children getting

They use shredded tires in children’s playgrounds as artificial turf. A few years ago a soccer coach made the connection between that turf and children getting weird cancers and has been campaigning against them ever since. It looks like tires are much more toxic than we thought and we should reconsider their composition quickly.

reachtarunhere 6y ago
Do you have a link for this?
- andrevoget 6y ago
  https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-usa-health-turf-idUSKCN0VL2KX https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-usa-health-turf-idUSKCN0V...
artvark11 6y ago
As a kid, I remember playing at playgrounds made entirely of old tires. Shedded tires on the ground, big farm tractor tires to climb on. Car tires stacked up to form towers. I wonder what impact that had on the thousands of kids that passed through there.
- abacadaba 6y ago
  and we were so proud of using all that recycled material too.
  - dwaltrip 6y ago
    Seems the problem is not the recycling, but the composition of the items being recycled.
- sjg007 6y ago
  I feel like the best option is to recycle the tires into tarmac and reuse as much into new tires as well. The other thing is to live far away from major roads.
  - mattbk1 6y ago
    Recycling into roads sort of sucks for people who live near roads already (among all the other stuff they have to breathe in from car exhaust).
    - sjg007 6y ago
      Most of it is already tire particulate matter. The only upside is that it makes the roads quieter... but I think the main problem with noise is that most vehicles are misaligned and out of balance.
sjg007 6y ago
Yeah a couple of professional goalies got lymphoma too.
throwaway201103 6y ago
Because youth soccer coaches are well known for their contributions to cancer research? Contrast that to the treatment given over the past 10 months to any non-expert who dared voice an opinion on COVID-19.
08-15 6y ago
That's terrible! All the salmon in the playground will die!

reachtarunhere 6y ago

Do you have a link for this?

andrevoget 6y ago
https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-usa-health-turf-idUSKCN0VL2KX https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-usa-health-turf-idUSKCN0V...

artvark11 6y ago

As a kid, I remember playing at playgrounds made entirely of old tires. Shedded tires on the ground, big farm tractor tires to climb on. Car tires stacked up to form towers. I wonder what impact that had on the thousands of kids that passed through there.

abacadaba 6y ago
and we were so proud of using all that recycled material too.
- dwaltrip 6y ago
  Seems the problem is not the recycling, but the composition of the items being recycled.
sjg007 6y ago
I feel like the best option is to recycle the tires into tarmac and reuse as much into new tires as well. The other thing is to live far away from major roads.
- mattbk1 6y ago
  Recycling into roads sort of sucks for people who live near roads already (among all the other stuff they have to breathe in from car exhaust).
  - sjg007 6y ago
    Most of it is already tire particulate matter. The only upside is that it makes the roads quieter... but I think the main problem with noise is that most vehicles are misaligned and out of balance.

sjg007 6y ago

Yeah a couple of professional goalies got lymphoma too.

throwaway201103 6y ago

Because youth soccer coaches are well known for their contributions to cancer research? Contrast that to the treatment given over the past 10 months to any non-expert who dared voice an opinion on COVID-19.

08-15 6y ago

That's terrible! All the salmon in the playground will die!