The Hazards of Rubber Mulch

Ground up rubber tires are widely used in artificial turf, playscapes, and garden mulch. These used tires contain many toxins as well as heavy metals. For more information, please see www.ehhi.org/

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• playing
• fields
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• playscapes
• artificial
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• dangerous
• toxic

[environmenthealth]

This is an extremely informative video and should be watched to its end.

[DC00039]

What about the tires hanging on the playground equipment? And sand contains silica dust...Read the warnings on a bag of playsand.

Nice alarmist message based on no facts.

[atinaback]

i have rubber mulch in my gardens and under swings for over 3 years. I love the product, my plants thrive. Sand is a magnet for cats. I researched before using and found the EPA and CSPC validate the mulch has less toxins than drinking water. please visit this woman's website; you will then understand that she has a lot of agendas which are somewhat misguided. what would she rather see the "millions" of tires be used for? Viewers should research the actual product and be warned of fanatics.

[crsfructso2]

@db54 The difference is children do not play on the roads. As to the tires hanging on the playground equipment that DC00039 is referring to, if the rubber is whole (meaning not torn up or broken up) when the sun heats it up, it doesn't have the same effect as those broken down into little pieces.

[crsfructso2]

@rwwill05 If you notice, the material you put in a kitty box is totally different from the sand in a playground. And, yes you are right, that if you dig to the bottom, you get all kinds of molds and germs in the kitty box but that is ONLY if you are not a clean person and you don't change the kitty litter daily. If you do your research, there is some concern about the rubberized material in playgrounds. Who uses the playgounds? Children who become sick.

[crsfructso2]

@hottie1415 I would love to see you create a video and sound super smart.

[crsfructso2]

@rhett7777gg What does sex have anything to do with what she is saying?

[crsfructso2]

@jjryder5 What does being a Republican have anything to do with it?

[877soilnow]

Four years ago a man came into our business and asked me if he could dispose of rubber mulch. It was outside his house and would heat during the day and give off noxious chemicals. He was getting rid of it because his wife and daughter developed immune system deficiencies which Yale New Haven deemed would last for life. You people can say what you want about it, it simply is not healthy. The risk outweighs the benefit.

[jjryder5]

I think she might be a Republican disguised as an environmentalist.

[jodeanog]

wow a lot of people have rubber mulch in their yard but you had to keep saying the OBAMAS GET A CLUE LADY PLEASE

[rhett7777gg]

She's bitter from not having sex