It is important to remember one important fact in the ongoing debate about the potential health risks of crumb rubber: most of the studies that have deemed it safe have been commissioned by neutral bodies, such as government or education.
And that means detractors can't pass off results as industry biases, say executives who spoke during the 2014 Rubber Recycling Symposium, held Oct. 22-24 in Montreal. The Rubber Manufacturers' Association and the Tire and Rubber