Interesting view on 3G Pitches

[Neils]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crg69wrp9y8o

[Shugs]

These should have been banned long ago. Quite apart from these medical issues for rugby they make the game farcical in my opinion. They also cause injury.

[RogerE]

We now go to watch Ealing, and the black clouds of  crumb that constantly rise from the pitch really make you wonder how healthy they can be for the players.

[Neils]

We now go to watch Ealing, and the black clouds of  crumb that constantly rise from the pitch really make you wonder how healthy they can be for the players.

Not!

[NellyWellyWaspy]

We now go to watch Ealing, and the black clouds of  crumb that constantly rise from the pitch really make you wonder how healthy they can be for the players.

Not!

There is no total proof it is carcinogenic, so to the RFU it is OK.

Just like lead in petrol. cigarettes, asbestos, repeatedly being knocked out with head injuries (just chuck a bucket of water on it).

Given the number of such pitches in use in schools,  community sports facilities, the cost of replacement will be horrendous, so better to ignore the problem until the lawsuits roll in, and then bleat that 'nobody told us'.

The Dutch banned these pitches years ago.

[baldpaul101]

The Dutch banned these pitches years ago.

Not quite, its due to take effect from 2030 onwards
https://ministryofsport.com/the-netherlands-to-phase-out-artificial-turf-over-health-and-environmental-concerns/

& even then they can't say for definite they are dangerous, just that they might not be safe:
"Tempering the findings to a certain extent, cancer specialist Bob Lowenberg pointed out, ?There is absolutely no evidence that artificial grass pitches are bad for you, but we can?t definitively say they are safe. I think there is every reason to be concerned about artificial grass pitches.?