[smokingfrog]

Seems like a stretch, but I guess stranger things have happened.

[tet68]

I don’t suppose it came from eating too much carpet?

[Buckeye McFrog]

Guess the GMO and vaccine people are still working to point the finger elsewhere.

[Autonomous User]

“Some parents and activists, however, say there should be more testing and that federal regulators should take a position on its safety.”

In other words test test study and repeat till you find the results that fits your cause. If all else fails do what NBC does....taint the study or have Lyin Brian report on it.

[Eccl 10:2]

I’ll bet artificial turf, much like a plastic cutting board, is a breeding ground for all sorts of nasty bacteria. Who knows what constant irritations that never really heal could result from that?

[TheDon]

It is hard for some parents to move on after the death of a child. They seek some meaning in their child’s death. They want some good to come from it, however misguided.

[originalbuckeye]

Sadly, I have read about a number of young athlete deaths that have a connection to artificial turf. This ‘crumble’ does appear to have carcinogenic agents in it. And athletes are frequently down on the turf inhaling whatever has been disturbed from the turf. I do believe there should be a study, cataloging the deaths and comparing the type of ‘crumble’ used in the turf. It's the only way to learn and prevent possible harm to our kids. And if the study finds ‘no harm’, then so be it. Just don't let the ‘crumble’ makers fund the study.

[Popman]

All the lawyers in South Florida just got a “woodie”

[WayneS]

From the article: No research has linked crumb or shredded rubber to cancer, and the turf industry says dozens of studies have shown the surface poses no health risk.

[Larry Lucido]

"Astroturf! We know who's behind that, don't we?!"

[fruser1]

Thanks to the gov’t demonization of tobacco, people believe that exposure to trivial amounts of substances have grave consequences, as if it’s radioactive material or weaponized botulism toxin.

People naturally conclude that if one whiff of second hand smoke is “harmful” then exposure to anything else that might contain something harmful is just as deadly. This is also the irrational basis for most aversions to immunizations. The gov has brought this on itself.

In truth, if the turf is so harmful, you’d be getting cancer closer to the vehicle of exposure - skin cancer from scraping against it, or lung cancer from inhaling dust.

In fact, you’d be inhaling more “tire dust” just driving on the road or living near a busy one. Tires gradually wear out by being burned off from frictional forces. The resulting “dust” does go somewhere.

Nevertheless, before claiming turf or tires as a “cause”, it could easily be verified by performing an autopsy looking for such material deposits in their bodies.

Not likely.

[Popman]

It would be very easy to do a comparative study to other sports playing on artificial turf, if they have the same issues with cancer showing up in players beyond normal rates... ...

Baseball, Softball, Football, Lacrosse...

This could be the next soccer mom, vaccine like nuttiness cause...

My kid played on artificial turf and that's the reason he's an idoit, it ruined his brain...

Give me money...!!!

[Boogieman]

“she came to believe that artificial turf used on soccer fields was the culprit”

No need for medical studies, a grieving mother has a hunch. Get the pitchforks!

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

A whole town got cancer, and no one survived.
A truck was found leaking by the roadside . . .