Tests of rubber granules used as artificial turf for football fields in terms of toxicity to human health and the environment.

ABSTRACT: Rubber waste, in the form of granules of styrene butadiene rubber and ethylene-propylene-diene-monomer with a particle size of 0.5 to 4 mm, is broadly used for the construction of synthetic surfaces of sport fields. This method of recycling may be significantly limited due to the restrictions on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) content in rubber granules in the European Union since 2022. This also applies to the recommendations of the European Chemicals Agency in relation to the identification of other hazardous chemicals in this waste, including metal elements. The scope of the research included the identification of organotin compounds, PAHs content and 18 elements leached from recycled rubber granules in terms of substances harmful to human health and to natural environment. The

SUBMITTER: Grynkiewicz-Bylina B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9035180 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature