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Turf wars rage over fake grass (Stateline.org)

Quoted: Tuncer Edil, a civil engineering professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a consultant for the company FieldTurf USA, said the concentration of volatile compounds released from crumb rubber is too low to be harmful when inhaled as dust from artificial turf-covered fields. And the bodyâ??s digestive system cannot extract any of the toxins if swallowed, Edil has written.