Was it caused by the artificial turf field.
Turf soccer fields and cancer.
Every day hundreds of thousands of soccer goalies come home from competing on artificial turf fields and remove rubber crumbs from their hair mouths nose and abrasions shaking the stuff from.
After a list of soccer players with cancer prompted an investigation the state found nothing unusual but one coach still thinks the cancer might be linked to artificial turf.
A 2013 survey of top female soccer players found that they were 80 percent less likely to slide tackle on synthetic fields.
One study suggested that the artificial fields put additional strain on.
It is widely used for sports fields for being more hard wearing and resistant than natural surfaces.
In 2014 nbc looked into the potential link between the rubber crumbs used in artificial turf and female soccer players getting cancer.
Recently the crumbs have been implicated in causing cancer in adolescents and young.
Most use infills of crumb rubber from recycled tires which use is controversial because of concerns that the tires contain carcinogens.
An overwhelming majority of major league soccer players in a different 2013 survey said the crumb rubber fields would increase the risk of injury and physical discomfort and prolong recovery times.
Artificial turf is surface of synthetic fibers resembling natural grass.
Here s what research says.