Adverse publicity puts crumb rubber industry at risk

摘要

This is a critical time for the recycled rubber industry, as the use of crumb rubber in synthetic athletic fields comes under further scrutiny, both in the media and now with politicians. A series of stories, primarily from NBC News, started a year ago and have picked up again trying to link the use of crumb rubber to various forms of cancer. It specifically tried to tie the stories of young female goalkeepers on soccer teams who have developed cancer at an alarmingly high rate to playing for years on artificial fields made with crumb rubber.