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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Just saw <a href="https://twitter.com/espn">@espn</a> E-60 story on possible cancer risk of playing on turf fields w rubber "crumbs". Wow. Excerpt: <a href="https://t.co/aK6MxTMkXO">https://t.co/aK6MxTMkXO</a></p>— Mark Viviano (@MarkWJZ) <a href="

">November 4, 2015</a></blockquote>

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Because turf fields and the crumb rubber aren't associated with either food or drugs, there has not been strict testing of the material up to this point.

"This industry is completely unregulated, there are no tests that go into any field," Foudy said in a phone call to The Huffington Post. "You don't know what's on your field because no one's tested it."

While I do believe many "X causes cancer" articles are scare tactics, I think there may be something to this story. 150 of the 200 cases are soccer players, and 95 of those are goalkeepers. It is likely coincidence that so many of the cases come from futbol, since that is the origin of the study. What about athletes from other sports that play on said turf? Best thing to do is let the study play itself out.

All of us have cancer cells, and that's why "everything causes cancer". Any time our bodies are subjected to energy there is a risk of our cancer cells overrunning our immune system. Sunlight, food, whatever. But some chemicals are obviously worse than others, and known carcinogens like toluene are used in the rubber industry.

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Nailed it! For every study that says this is the cause, there is an equal amount refuting it.

Next there will be a study released that shows the positive benefits of the crumbs on a persons health. They're natural testosterone boosters and keep pores clear.

Toronto definitely should still forfeit all home games.

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While I do believe many "X causes cancer" articles are scare tactics, I think there may be something to this story. 150 of the 200 cases are soccer players, and 95 of those are goalkeepers. It is likely coincidence that so many of the cases come from futbol, since that is the origin of the study. What about athletes from other sports that play on said turf? Best thing to do is let the study play itself out.

All of us have cancer cells, and that's why "everything causes cancer". Any time our bodies are subjected to energy there is a risk of our cancer cells overrunning our immune system. Sunlight, food, whatever. But some chemicals are obviously worse than others, and known carcinogens like toluene are used in the rubber industry.

One thing that's rarely or never said in one of these stories is what is the baseline? And then what is the risk after the behavior in question? For example, maybe the risk of getting this type of cancer is 1 in 100,000 among the general population, but among our sample we've extrapolated out that it's 1 in 10,000. Instead they just say this thing increases your risk of cancer TEN TIMES!!!

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