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17th February 2016
06:49pm GMT

The Sports and Play Construction Association played down the fears by stating: "Numerous research studies [have been] carried out worldwide. The current consensus is that the rubber crumb poses no significant health risk."
The 3G pitch is the same surface they use at Oriel Park, home of League of Ireland champions Dundalk. And it's the same surface they use for just about every five-a-side league around the place nowadays.
It has been reported that a new $2m review of the pitches has begun in American and Nigel Maguire wants the same to be done closer to home because he can't find the research that proves there is absolutely no risk with these pitches.
"The industry turns around and categorically says that it's perfectly fine," he said in the same interview. "They've done the research, 'we have tested it for emissions for any gasses that come off it and there are none'. That's fine, however, there is no research that I can find - and I've scanned and scanned - that says actually if you ingest this, if you rub this stuff into your wounds that contain these known carcinogens, there is no effect.
"I'm asking for similar review to be undertaken by our government [UK] to look at the available evidence, to commission research and look at the health impact."Explore more on these topics: