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  • Health and Safety Considerations Associated with the Use of Recycled Waste Tires for Playground Surfacing

    2013 Kansas Department of Health & Environment, Bureau of Waste Management.

  • Review of the Human Health & Ecological Safety of Exposure to Recycled Tire Rubber found at Playgrounds and Synthetic Turf Fields

    August 2013, Prepared for Rubber Manufacturers Association by ChemRisk, Inc.

  • Crumb Infill and Turf Characterization for Trace Elements and Organic Materials

    2011, Dr. Paul J. Lioy and Dr. Clifford Weisel, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

  • Information Regarding Use of Recycled Rubber on Playgrounds

    International Play Equipment Manufacturers Association, Released Jan 2010

  • A Scoping-Level Field Monitoring Study of Synthetic Turf Fields and Playgrounds

    2009, National Exposure Research Laboratory Office of Research and Development U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

  • The Effects of PU Coated Rubber Mulch ion the Leaching of Contaminants Compared to Uncoated and Acrylic Latex Coated Rubber Mulch

    December 2009, Bryan R. Morris, Richard J. Golden and John W. Pierson, Stockmeier Urethanes USA, Inc.

  • Evaluation of Playing Surface Characteristics of Various In-Filled Systems

    April 2008, McNitt, A.S. The Pennsylvania State University

  • Evaluation of Health Effects of Recycled Waste Tires in Playground and Track Products

    2007, California Integrated Waste Management Board, Integrated Waste Management Board: Sacramento, CA

  • Preliminary Assessment of the Toxicity from Exposure to Crumb Rubber: its use in Playgrounds and Artificial Turf Playing Fields

    June 2007, Thomas Ledoux, Ph.D., New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

  • Toxicological Evaluation for the Hazard Assessment of Tire Crumb for Use in Public Playgrounds

    July 2003, Birkholz, D.A., K.L. Belton, and T.L. Guidotti, J. Air & Waste Management Association

  • Child-Specific Exposure Factors Handbook

    September 2002, U.S. EPA, National Center for Environmental Assessment–Washington Office

    Report Summary: Supplemental chronic risk estimates … indicate that regular exposure (e.g., regular play on ground rubber filled athletic fields) to ground rubber for the length of one’s childhood does not increase risk of cancer above levels considered by the State of California to be de minimus.

  • Five Year Study of the Water Quality Effects of Tire Shreds Placed Above the Water Table

    March 2001, Humphrey, D.N. and E.K. Lynn, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maine

  • Environmental Impacts of Recycled Rubber in Light-Fill Applications

    1998, Liu, Helen S., et. al., Department of Plastics Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell

By Mike|2019-04-26T10:50:37-05:00November 7th, 2017|Research|

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