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As far as chemical exposure was concerned, the report concluded what Crain and Zhang had already said: The turf contained known carcinogens as well as some heavy metals linked to birth defects and mental retardation, but there was no scientific evidence that artificial turf posed a major health hazard.

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September 2010:
A Risky Play

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It hardly calmed critics. "The report didn't resolve a thing," said Gotbaum, who resumed her call for testing and now supported a moratorium on new installations. "They spent $50,000 doing a review of the literature, which basically said, 'We don't really know.' We already knew that."