Word: silica
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...technology may have a solution. An upstart company called FieldTurf, in alliance with sports monolith Nike, has developed a surface that more closely resembles the texture and response of grass. It is made of synthetic blades and is held up by an artificial dirt composed of silica and rubber that can be made of recycled running shoes. The University of Nebraska recently installed the surface after a year in which 40 football players sustained injuries on AstroTurf. "It is the closest thing to natural grass I've seen," says John Ingram, the Cornhuskers' director of athletic facilities. "This year...
Karen L. O'Brien, the Widener employees' representative to the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW), said the silica dust has infiltrated several Widener offices...
...Silica dust, though classified a human carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, is considered less dangerous than asbestos, so its management is not governed by strict regulations...
Jeff J. Cushman '69-'72, project manager for the Widener stacks renovations, confirmed that recent drilling may have released silica dust into the air, but said that air sampling results had confirmed these levels were not dangerous...
...response to union complaints, a team from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) came to Widener yesterday to take another set of air samples from several offices that had been exposed to silica dust...