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‘I needed an IV’: shoes melt as turf temperature reaches 157F in Eagles-Titans game (www.theguardian.com)
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“I’ve never thought about how hot a stadium can be if it’s [synthetic] turf. [The heat] just sits there and bounces up into you,” Mailata said. “[The union] have got to bring it up. This is why we want all grass fields, to create a standard of play in the league where we’re not putting players in dangerous positions if we don’t have to.”

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[–] 25 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Not to mention all the microplastics they are exposed to running on and falling into hot shredded rubber.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Probably nothing compared to just wearing and washing polyester clothes and fabrics

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago

    Idk, at 150 degrees, the rubber could be off gassing and they'd be breathing that in while on the ground. Stadiums could also concentrate that gas on the field since there are walls around at least 2 sides, 4 if its a professional field.

    Tires are the #1 producer of microplatics, which is where my original idea came from. Although they arent running at 70 mph, so it might not produce as much as a car

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