Re: TGJB/Byron King/Polytrack (569 Views)
Posted by:
bobphilo (IP Logged)
Date: December 14, 2005 01:05PM
Interestingly enough, when Musselburgh Racecourse in Scotland announced plans to switch to polytrack, some of the locals tried to block them because of supposed health concerns claiming the horses hooves would churn up silica dust. They got nowhere becuse polytrack and it's components meet all US and European environmental standards.
Actually, traditional sand-based tracks and beaches have just as much if not greater risk from silica. If anything, polytrack should be safer in that respect since all particles are coated with wax so it doesn't produce the microscopic dust which has to get into the aveoli (air sacs) of the lungs to cause silicosis.
I don't see much grounds for law suits due to health hazzards here.
Bob