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Sci Total Environ

Title:		Characterization of synthetic turf rubber granule infill in Japan: Volatile organic compounds
Author(s):		Sakai S; Tahara M; Kubota R; Kawakami T; Inoue K; Ikarashi Y;
Address:		"Division of Environmental Chemistry, National Institute of Health Sciences, 3-25-26 Tonomachi, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 210-9501, Japan. Electronic address: s-sakai@nihs.go.jp. Division of Environmental Chemistry, National Institute of Health Sciences, 3-25-26 Tonomachi, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 210-9501, Japan. Division of Risk Assessment, Biological Safety Research Center, National Institute of Health Sciences, 3-25-26 Tonomachi, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 210-9501, Japan"
Journal Title:		Sci Total Environ
Year:		2022
Volume:		20220602
Issue:		Pt 3
Page Number:		156400 -
DOI:		10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156400
ISSN/ISBN:		1879-1026 (Electronic) 0048-9697 (Linking)
Abstract:		"There has been extensive studies on the composition of tires and industrial rubber. However, there is insufficient information on volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted from rubber granule products used to fill synthetic turf fields. In this study, we applied a passive sampling method for assessing the VOCs emitted from rubber granule products used for filling synthetic turf fields. We also performed a quantitative component analysis using a gas chromatography-mass spectrometer (GC-MS). The component analysis results of 46 rubber granule-based products showed the predominant presence of benzothiazole and methyl isobutyl ketone. The level of benzene, which the International Agency for Research on Cancer classifies as a substance with sufficient evidence for carcinogenicity to humans, was below the lower quantification limit in the products tested in this study. Our study included most of the rubber granule products used for synthetic turf fields in Japan (>95% of the products in the current domestic market of Japan). Therefore, we obtained a comprehensive overview of the VOCs emitted from the rubber granule-based products used in Japan's synthetic turf fields. Estimating the exposure to these airborne VOCs is essential to evaluate the adverse health effects of the VOCs emitted from these rubber granule-based products. Our sampling method and results can help provide key data for such risk assessment studies in the future"
Keywords:		*Elastomers Humans Japan Risk Assessment Rubber *Volatile Organic Compounds Gc-ms Monolithic material sorptive extraction Rubber granules Synthetic turf field Volatile organic compounds;
Notes:		"MedlineSakai, Shinobu Tahara, Maiko Kubota, Reiji Kawakami, Tsuyoshi Inoue, Kaoru Ikarashi, Yoshiaki eng Review Netherlands 2022/06/07 Sci Total Environ. 2022 Sep 10; 838(Pt 3):156400. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156400. Epub 2022 Jun 2"