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composition material that contains recycled crumb rubber from waste
<br /> tires and is used to cover or surface a field or playground.
<br /> 115811. (a) By July 1, 2017, the Office of Environmental Health
<br /> Hazard Assessment, in consultation with the Department of Resources
<br /> Recycling and Recovery, the State Department of Public Health, and
<br /> the Department of Toxic Substances Control, shall prepare and provide
<br /> to the Legislature and post on the office's Internet Web site a
<br /> study analyzing synthetic turf for potential adverse health impacts.
<br /> (b) The study shall include all of the following:
<br /> (1) A hazard analysis of individual, synergistic, and cumulative
<br /> exposures to the chemicals that may be found in synthetic turf, such
<br /> as 4-t-octylphenol, acetone, arsenic, barium, benzene, benzothiazole,
<br /> butylated hydroxyanisole, cadmium, carbon black, chloroethane,
<br /> chromium, lead, manganese, matex, mercury, methyl ethyl ketone,
<br /> methyl isobutyl ketone, n-hexadecane, naphthalene, nickel, nylon,
<br /> phenol, phthalates, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and zinc.
<br /> (2) A specific analysis evaluating varying exposure activities,
<br /> environments, duration of play, ages of different populations who
<br /> play on synthetic turf, and exposure pathways, including whether
<br /> chemicals found in tires have negative impacts on human health when
<br /> used in indoor and outdoor fields and parks with various weather
<br /> exposures and potentially ingested by children or coming in contact
<br /> with children's bodies.
<br /> (3) Biomonitoring or other exposure monitoring of children or
<br /> adults exposed to synthetic turf to be used to assess their exposure
<br /> to chemicals found in the synthetic turf, to the extent feasible, to
<br /> determine potential health impacts on children and other age groups.
<br /> (4) An examination of the potential for fields and playgrounds
<br /> containing synthetic turf to cause adverse health impacts, including,
<br /> but not limited to, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, testicular cancer,
<br /> prostate cancer, sarcoma cancer, and leukemia. This examination shall
<br /> include people who have developed these health impacts and played on
<br /> fields and playgrounds containing used tires, including, but not
<br /> limited to, soccer goalies.
<br /> (5) An examination of the health impacts associated with synthetic
<br /> turf fields and playgrounds of varying age.
<br /> (6) An evaluation of the differences in the manufacturers of
<br /> synthetic turf and different turf, field, and playground products,
<br /> including those that do not use recycled tires, and how these
<br /> differences may affect health impacts. The evaluation shall include,
<br /> but not be limited to, the types and age of tires used, the tire
<br /> processing, and the type of plasticizer, backing material, adhesives,
<br /> and plastic blades of artificial grass used to make the final
<br /> synthetic turf product.
<br /> (7) An evaluation of the differences, in terms of health impacts,
<br /> between crumb rubber and alternative surface materials, including
<br /> coconut fibers, rice husks, cork, and used shoes.
<br /> (8) A review of current research on the health impacts of
<br /> synthetic turf done by authoritative bodies from around the country
<br /> and the world.
<br /> (9) Research to fill any data gaps, such as those data gaps
<br /> identified by the report prepared by the Office of Environmental
<br /> Health Hazard Assessment on behalf of the Department of Resources
<br /> Recycling and Recovery titled "Safety Study of Artificial Turf
<br /> Containing Crumb Rubber Infill Made From Recycled Tires: Measurements
<br /> of Chemicals and Particulates in the Air, Bacteria in the Turf, and
<br /> Skin Abrasions Caused by Contact with the Surface."
<br /> (10) An examination of the health impacts of exposures to many low
<br /> level volatile organic compounds and polycyclic aromatic
<br /> hydrocarbons found in synthetic turf fields and playgrounds.
<br /> (c) At least 20 synthetic turf fields and playgrounds around the
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