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By Editor in Synthetics on 24th Jan 2012 15:36
When Northbridge resident and father Philip Kanjian noticed children were coming home from the local oval with bits of rubber on them, he decided to investigate.
He discovered that Willoughby City Council had replaced the grass at Northbridge Oval with artificial turf made of crumbed rubber infill, but it had not consulted the community. Mr Kanjian says the sporting oval is adjacent to Northbridge Primary School and is used daily by children. ''Kids play and roll on the artificial surface covered with crumbed rubber every recess and lunchtime, five times a week,'' he said. ''Crumbed rubber on hot days creates emissions which children can inhale and breathe.''
Mr Kanjian argued that if there was any element of risk to children they should not be allowed to play on it. ''The health safety of our kids should be more important. There is no report that I can find that says this is 100 per cent safe,'' he said. A spokeswoman for Willoughby council said it had thoroughly researched the types of surfaces available before installing the field.
''The synthetic field at Northbridge uses a recycled rubber granular infill,'' she said. ''This was selected following studies into player safety and health impacts.
''The research indicated there were no safety concerns for the surface, which has been used across the world for 10 years.''
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