Health issues of children regarding
playground mats:
Now it has become a trend of using rubber flooring mats in
the playground areas instead of natural ground, the first artificial rubber grass
made from rubber termed as’ Chemgrass’
was made in 1960, after that now it is more commonly used in playground areas
now almost 4,500 playgrounds and tracks have such flooring type.
Which health hazards are caused by
rubber flooring?
In spite the fact that rubber flooring reduces the injuries
after falling on the ground it also has many draw backs which are as follows;
v
As most of the rubber flooring mats used in the
playground areas are made of recycled cheaper rubber used in tires which
discharge an unpleasant smell and chemicals in the atmosphere which disturbs
the natural looking environment and also inhaled by the children cause health
issues.
v
Many health surveys revealed the fact thatif one
is exposed to rubber flooring for a long period of time up to 12 years he is
most likely to be suffer from skin and other types of cancer.
v
While playing kids are most likely to lick the
ground or their skin come in touch with rubber flooring if it is practiced more
than 5 times then unconsciously they intake hazardous chemicals higher than
risk level so they may suffer from cancer.
v
Till now
studies that have been done revealed that a large proportion of chemicals
present in the playground rubber floorings were irritants out of which 24% are
respiratory irritants which can cause asthma, 37% can irritate skin while 27% are
eye irritants.
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