Amy Griffin, an associate head coach for the University of Washington’s women’s soccer team, knew of two female goalies that played on the artificial surface diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma and got curious. Since then, Griffin has compiled a list of 38 American soccer players who have been diagnosed with some form of cancer, NBC News said.
While an industry advocacy group still maintains the surfaces are safe, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Consumer Product Safety Commission have now said their studies that once deemed the surface as "safe" are now "limited," NBC News said.
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