Crumb Rubber Study In State Now Underway

EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — The artificial field at the Everett Boys & Girls Club is being tested after reports found a possible link between the crumb-rubber fill and cancer. It's the same crumb rubber that is used at Yakima's Zeapfel Stadium and at Century Link Field in Seattle. The field near Hawthorne Elementary School is one of six in the country being tested for safety.
The Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation helped pay for construction of the field in Everett and 41 other locations nationally. The foundation's vice president, Chuck Brady, says they will pay an estimated $15,000 to test the material from the six fields.
The Ripken Foundation decided to conduct the tests after reports from national news outlets surfaced about a possible link between cancer and the fine-grained fill.
The tests are being conducted by Canada-based Labosport. Results are expected in the next several months.