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Thanks for sharing. My son is a keeper and this gives me pause.
No surprise that Monsanto was mentioned in the article.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThanks for sharing. My son is a keeper and this gives me pause.
No surprise that Monsanto was mentioned in the article.
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I would normally be inclined to say correlation is not causation, but neither has been established. I respect the fact the subject of the article acknowledged as much and the journalist included it. I'm on board with looking beyond the tragic anecdotes of one sport and investigating as suggested in the prior post what, if any, impact there's been on other athletes. Logic would say that if there's causation, looking at players who would be at greater risk would establish correlation.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostI would normally be inclined to say correlation is not causation, but neither has been established. I respect the fact the subject of the article acknowledged as much and the journalist included it. I'm on board with looking beyond the tragic anecdotes of one sport and investigating as suggested in the prior post what, if any, impact there's been on other athletes. Logic would say that if there's causation, looking at players who would be at greater risk would establish correlation.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostAgree. However, I think ingestion is a real culprit. In the case of football, I wonder if wearing a helmet prevents some ingestion vs a keeper continously diving with their face/head in closer proximity to turf.
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My son is a keeper and is constantly getting infill in his eyes, nose and mouth. Just this morning I looked in the bathroom and there was a small pile of crumb rubber that had accumulated when he stripped down to shower after his keeper training last night.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostMy son is a keeper and is constantly getting infill in his eyes, nose and mouth. Just this morning I looked in the bathroom and there was a small pile of crumb rubber that had accumulated when he stripped down to shower after his keeper training last night.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostI hate those little buggers! I always thought of them as just a nuisance that needed to be vacuumed up all the time, but this makes me wonder.
It is something to consider. Luckily my keeper is mostly on grass, with a turf game maybe once/week. Like another poster said it's unlikely much is getting ingested since you'd want to spit them out as quickly as possible.
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I never had an issue with getting them in my mouth, eyes or nose. mostly just inside my socks and shorts...either way, turf fields need a better infill material. black rubber gets so ridiculously hot, it isnt logical to have on fields. my feet would always burn after doing conditioning in the summer.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostAnd turf burns - or even small nicks - can let in staph infections also. Nasty stuff. Give me grass any time. At least then you're just ingesting fertilizer chemicals :)
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