Tuesday 23 February 2016

3G pitches - summarising safety worries

3G Pitches - Are they Safe ?

I suppose we assume extensive health & safety testing is done prior to a product/material entering the open market...
but - these research articles indicate to me that there are serious questions :

https://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/is-artificial-turf-hiding-an-800-pound-gorilla.html

the following site http://www.technicalsurfaces.co.uk/3G_pitch_safety_in_the_UK lists the following research which would take an age to go through - although I see the first article is about groundwater runoff so nothing about human health
http://www.technicalsurfaces.co.uk/sites/default/files/agp_-_listing_of_independent_research_and_reports_1998-2014_-_artificial_grass.pdf

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