Despite the fact that using recycled and reclaimed materials in building, and renovation, is a rather popular trend, a group of parents in the San Diego Unified School District are anything but excited about the new fields made from recycled tire rubber.
Cancer Risk and Other Harms Claimed
The lawsuit alleges violations of the California Environmental Air Quality Act (CEQA) for failing to conduct environmental impact analyses, nor notifying the public prior to the installation. The complaint contains allegations that children could potentially ingest the rubber if eating something while on the fields, as well as be exposed to high levels of carcinogens while rolling around and playing on the fields.
Injunctions and Mass Toxic Torts
Similarly to the asbestos exposure cases, mass toxic torts, or mass toxic injuries involve groups of individuals who have all suffered injuries or damages as a result of exposure to toxic substances. While this turf war lawsuit isn’t necessarily a toxic tort case, it anticipates injuries as a result of exposure to known toxins and is attempting to prevent these types of injuries from ever occurring.
To accomplish that goal, the parents are seeking an injunction to prevent the school district from installing any more tire-crumb turf fields until they come into compliance with CEQA, though it seems the parents to not believe that is possible with the tire-crumb turf.
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