Addressing Community Concerns and Assessing Exposures and Alternatives to Artificial Turf Fields and Playgrounds

解决社区问题并评估人造草坪和游乐场的暴露和替代方案

• 批准号: 10568378
• 负责人: Homero Harari
• 金额: $ 67.54万
• 依托单位: ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-05-02 至 2028-02-29
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10568378
• 关键词: Address; Adult; Advocate; Air; Area; Biological Monitoring; Chemicals; Child; Communication; Communities; Connecticut; Consultations; Decision Making; Education; Educational Materials; Environment; Environmental Health; Environmental Impact; Exposure to; Focus Groups; Future; Goals; Health; Ingestion; Injury; Interview; Knowledge; Laboratories; Life; Massachusetts; Methods; New Hampshire; New York; North America; Parents; Pattern; Pennsylvania; Plastics; Play; Poison; Policies; Policy Maker; Positioning Attribute; Process; Productivity; Reporting; Research; Research Activity; Research Personnel; Research Project Grants; Rubber; Safety; Sampling; Schools; Scientist; Shoes; Silicon Dioxide; Skin; Smell Perception; Surface; Training; Uncertainty; Water; Woman; carcinogenicity; citizen science; community involvement; community organizations; experience; exposure route; medical schools; member; neurotoxic; wasting

Project Summary Artificial turf fields and playgrounds have become common playing surfaces. It is estimated that there are over 13,00 fields, and up to 1,500 new artificial fields are installed each year. Most of these fields and playgrounds utilize infill generated from recycled tire crumb. Communities have consistently reported chemical smells in fields, playgrounds, and surrounding areas. Despite the widespread usage of artificial turf fields and playgrounds, uncertainty remains about safety and the potential for exposure to toxic chemicals, heat exposure, impacts resulting in injury, and environmental impacts in the community. Many studies have identified the presence of toxic chemicals, known to be neurotoxic and carcinogenic in tire crumb infill. Parents and communities are concerned because young children and athletes could be exposed and could potentially experience health effects in the future from playing on these surfaces. Laboratories have identified toxic chemicals in tire crumb, but results of exposure assessment information generated under realistic playing conditions in children and adults are very limited. Exposure assessment studies are underway at a state and federal level. Despite that, an increasing number of communities are opting to use alternative infills made from plastics, virgin rubber, silica sand, cork, and waste shoe materials. However, as with tire crumb infill, safety information is also lacking. As such, communities in general struggle to make informed decisions about safe playing surfaces. The proposed community-engaged project will employ a citizen science approach to collect samples from alternative infill fields, identify chemicals in alternative infills materials, and characterize exposure in such fields under real-life conditions. This project is well-positioned to achieve our goal to address concerns from the community and inform policymakers in their communities to incorporate environmental health research into consideration during the decision making for the procurement, installation, use, and disposal of playing surfaces. This project embraces the involvement of community member participation in the project’s research activities. Active community involvement will allow community members to gain first-hand knowledge of the chemicals in their fields and heat during playing conditions. Most importantly, it will enable them to assist other communities regarding better practices and effective policies to protect concerned communities.

项目概要 据估计，人造草坪场地和游乐场已成为常见的运动场地。 有超过 13,00 个球场，每年新增多达 1,500 个人工球场。 这些田野和游乐场利用回收轮胎碎屑产生的填充物。 尽管有报道称田野、操场和周边地区有化学气味。 人造草坪场地和游乐场的广泛使用，安全性和安全性仍然存在不确定性 暴露于有毒化学品、热暴露、导致伤害的影响的可能性，以及 许多研究已经确定了有毒物质的存在。 已知在轮胎碎屑填充物中具有神经毒性和致癌性的化学物质 家长和社区。 担心，因为年幼的儿童和运动员可能会接触到，并且有可能 实验室已经确定，未来在这些表面上玩耍会对健康产生影响。 轮胎碎屑中含有有毒化学物质，但根据暴露评估信息生成的结果 儿童和成人的真实玩耍条件的暴露评估研究非常有限。 尽管如此，越来越多的社区正在州和联邦层面开展这项工作。 选择使用由塑料、原生橡胶、硅砂、软木和废鞋制成的替代填充物 然而，与轮胎碎屑填充物一样，也缺乏安全信息。 整个社区都在努力就安全的比赛场地做出明智的决定。 拟议的社区参与项目将采用公民科学方法来收集样本 从替代填充领域，识别替代填充材料中的化学物质，并表征 该项目能够很好地实现我们在现实生活条件下的这些领域的接触。 目标是解决社区的关切并告知社区的政策制定者 在决策过程中将环境健康研究纳入考虑范围 该项目包括比赛场地的采购、安装、使用和处置。 社区成员积极参与项目的研究活动。 社区参与将使社区成员获得第一手知识 最重要的是，这将使他们能够避免场地中的化学物质和比赛条件下的高温。 协助其他社区采取更好的做法和有效的政策来保护相关群体 社区。