California finds no significant risk to human health from synthetic turf fields
By 
Rebecca Trager2026-03-16T14:30:00
After years of conflicting safety findings, the head of the state’s environmental hazard assessment office says this new study should ‘ease concerns’
California’s environmental safety agency has concluded that recycled tyres used as crumb rubber in synthetic turf are unlikely to cause cancer or other health problems for those who play on these pitches. This follows years of lingering debate about the safety of such artificial turf.