Waste rubber used for tracks
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WASTE rubber was probably used to make the running tracks in schools that caused some students to fall sick, a China Central Television report claimed.
CCTV claimed that the materials used to make the plastic running tracks for some of the schools in China were supplied by companies based in Cangzhou and Baoding cities in Hebei Province.
The two cities are home to dozens of companies that collect scrap rubbers, wires, tires and industrial rubbers used in factories, CCTV reported.
“I cannot endure the smell even for a while. Is this safe?” a local man surnamed Zhang, who works on the tracks, asked.
Close by, in a field stretching thousands of square meters, black waste rubbers were piled up, giving out a strong odor.
“I don’t know where they came from ... maybe they are toxic, who knows?” Zhang said.
Another person, surnamed Pan, said he had several contracts for schools in Beijing.
“To cut costs, we use whatever rubber we get,” he said.
At least 30 schools in China, including Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, Changzhou, Wuxi and Shenzhen, have reported cases of students falling sick after playing on the newly-laid tracks.
The most recent case occurred in Pinggu District No.6 Elementary School in Beijing. Ten days after the track was laid, students suffered from nose bleeds, allergies and headache. The school has since removed the track.
At Hangzhou Foreign Languages School, the new plastic lawn was found to contain excessive levels of benzene. Some of the school’s girls complained they missed their monthly menstrual cycle.
The school has now suspended classes, thepaper.cn reported.
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