As drinking water flows through pipes and into a glass, it runs against the rubber seals inside some plumbing devices. These parts contain additives that contribute to their flexibility and durability ...

The small, spongy black beads used as fill material in most artificial turf fields are called crumb rubber, which has long ...

Climbing gyms might be teeming with toxic rubber particles, recent research suggests. The study found high levels of rubber additives in the air and dust of two climbing gyms, likely coming from the ...

Those who climb indoors are doing something for their health. But climbing shoes contain chemicals of concern that can enter the lungs of climbers through the abrasion of the soles. In a recent study, ...

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio—Barentz B.V. will offer Valtris Specialty Chemicals' products in the U.S. and Canada, after the two firms reached a distribution agreement March 1. Specifically, Barentz will ...

Climbers and workers at indoor climbing walls may be breathing in large doses of potentially toxic rubber additives, according to a study reporting that the air and dust in climbing centres contain ...

University of Missouri researchers in the College of Engineering have received an EPA grant to study the environmental impact of recycled rubber-modified asphalt. MU announced in a Tuesday news ...