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In 1965, AstroTurf was created. This has made a lot of people dead or maimed and been widely regarded as a bad move.
Highlights:
[0:00] Corrigan tells Marko about the happy little forever chemicals in the fake grass that covers our parks and sports facilities
[56:45] We unpack the implications of the cold open, Corrigan explains the Presidential Fitness Test
[01:13:30] What we watched: War of the Worlds, Apollo 13, The Exorcist III, The Fantastic Four, KPop Demon Hunters, Rope, La Haine, 28 Years Later, Cold Skin
Stuff we referenced:
- Turf Wars – Science History Institute
- Safe Healthy Playing Fields
- ARTIFICIAL TURF TRAPS HEAT, DOESN’T HAVE THE COOLING PROPERTIES OF GRASS
- “HIGH TEMPS ON TURF FIELDS SPARK SAFETY CONCERNS”
- Did Artificial Turf Give More Than 200 Soccer Players Cancer?
- Soccer players’ cancers ignite debate over turf safety
- Synthetic Turf and Crumb Rubber – Washington State Department of Health
- Position Statement on the Use of Artificial Turf Surfaces – Mt. Sinai
- Monsanto-Made AstroTurf Linked to Fatal Brain Cancer of Six Former Phillies Players
- The Grounds on Which We Play: The Dangers of Artificial Turf Fields
- As the world heats up, so does the debate around artificial turf
- Artificial Turf Health Risks
- Synthetic Turf is HAZARDOUS
- New Testing Reveals High Levels of Toxic PFAS in Artificial Turf
- Understanding PFAS – What They Are, Their Impact, and What We Can Do
- PFAS – Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances – US Department of Veterans Affairs
- David West is the Sixth Former Phillie Since 2003 to Die From Brain Cancer
- Investigation Links Astroturf to Deaths of Six Former Phillies
- Health impacts of artificial turf: Toxicity studies, challenges, and future directions
- 6 former Phillies have died of brain cancer: ‘It’s a cluster and it needs to be examined,’ doctor says
- Mystery Philadelphia Brain Cancer Baseball Cluster: No Link To Astroturf Say Leading Experts- So What Is the Answer?
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