The Netherlands National Institute for Public Health and the Environment published a report in December 2016 saying that the health risk from playing on artificial fields, which are common throughout the Netherlands and elsewhere as low-maintenance alternatives to natural grass, is “virtually negligible.”
No Major Health Risk from Artificial Fields, Report Finds
The Dutch soccer association welcomed the findings, saying they gave clarity to sports clubs and players. Many clubs across the Netherlands had stopped playing on rubber crumb fields since a television program in October raised c...
No Major Health Risk from Artificial Fields, Report Finds
The Dutch soccer association welcomed the findings, saying they gave clarity to sports clubs and players. Many clubs across the Netherlands had stopped playing on rubber crumb fields since a television program in October raised c...
