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GA HR1362
Resolution
Status
Introduced
2/11/2016
Primary Sponsor
Betty Price
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AI Summary
- Encourages Georgia's Environmental Protection Division (EPD) of the Department of Natural Resources to lead an independent inquiry into the health and environmental risks of crumb rubber surfaces used on athletic fields and playgrounds
- Highlights concerns that thousands of fields and playgrounds nationwide are constructed or infilled with crumb rubber from scrap tires, with little known about health risks, especially for vulnerable populations such as toddlers
- Calls on EPD to collaborate with relevant public health agencies and stakeholders, including the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, to track cancer incidences related to crumb rubber exposure and study other relevant health indicators
- Notes that existing studies on crumb rubber health effects have been incomplete or do not accurately reflect actual playing conditions and exposure periods
- Directs the Clerk of the House to distribute copies of the resolution to the Governor of Georgia and the director of EPD
Legislative Description
Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources; study the effects of exposure to crumb rubber surfaces on human health; encourage
Last Action
House Second Readers
2/17/2016
Full Bill Text
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