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    Keepers, Cancer and Turf

    Interesting and scary....

    http://www.nbcnews.com/news/investig...-plays-n220166

    #2
    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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      #3
      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
      Thanks for sharing. My son is a keeper and this gives me pause.

      No surprise that Monsanto was mentioned in the article.
      Saw that story this morning as well. Curious to know any effects to Football players who hit the turf more than Soccer Players

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        #4
        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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          #5
          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
          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.
          Agree. 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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            #6
            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
            Agree. 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.
            I'm surprised that there there is any ingestion. I've played on turf a lot and fallen a lot and I can't remember getting any turf turds in my mouth. And I would think if one did, the normal thing to do would be to spit them out, not swallow them.

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              #7
              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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                #8
                Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                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.
                I 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.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                  I 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.
                  we call them turf turds because they look like mouse droppings :)

                  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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                    #10
                    You all are forgetting turf burns

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                      #11
                      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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                        #12
                        Very true.

                        I also was not surprised to see Monsanto mentioned.

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                          #13
                          Very true...re turf burns.

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                            #14
                            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                            Very true...re turf burns.
                            And 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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                              #15
                              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                              And 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 :)
                              My son got a bad infection from a turf burn. Tiny nick that we didn't think anything about at first until it turned bright red, inflamed and turned into the size of a golf ball on his leg. Nasty stuff and scared the crap out of us. Very happy my players' club are based on grass fields. We still play on turf quite a bit but at least the exposure is a bit less than it could be.

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