Turf?

I see those little bits of rubber throughout football season. In fact, I see them all year. Just last night I found some on my bed that had fallen from my dance team bag. Since I am around these bits all the time, why am I just now finding out that they may be a health hazard. It's not that I'm overly concerned, but why couldn't someone have told me before that those little pieces of rubber I often find in my hair, those bits I somersault on and the balls I regularly empty out of my shoes may contain harmful chemicals. Shouldn't whoever made this kind of turf researched this before he put the product on the market for schools? Just a thought.

Shelby Pieper

Copy Editor