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These products touch human skin and are made of highly toxic petroleum byproducts like carbon black. Delia, I've done a fair amount of research on recycled shredded tire used as mulch and conclude this is a terrible product. What do you think about a similar product with constant, direct touch with human skin? Also, I could do without the marijuana sounding product name (spliff, "splaff"). Love the blog -- kindest regards!
Interesting perspective Rob; thanks! Yes, I've read about recycled rubber tire chips being removed from childrens' playgrounds for toxic discoveries. However, the tires in this story are recycled into a new material by R&D with inventors at Regupol: http://www.regupolamerica.com/ Also, none of the products have the name SPLIFF, so how does it correlate to SPLAFF?
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These products touch human skin and are made of highly toxic petroleum byproducts like carbon black. Delia, I've done a fair amount of research on recycled shredded tire used as mulch and conclude this is a terrible product. What do you think about a similar product with constant, direct touch with human skin? Also, I could do without the marijuana sounding product name (spliff, "splaff"). Love the blog -- kindest regards!
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Interesting perspective Rob; thanks! Yes, I've read about recycled rubber tire chips being removed from childrens' playgrounds for toxic discoveries. However, the tires in this story are recycled into a new material by R&D with inventors at Regupol: http://www.regupolamerica.com/
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L'idée de ce site www.gravurecaoutchouc.com et de faire connaître à tous, une matière noble.Tout le monde l'utilise tous les jours, parfois même elle rebute... et bien ! À partir de maintenant c'est fini. Vous allez découvrir et aimer le caoutchouc sous formes diverses, insolites, techniques d'arts, industrielles, déchets, et bien plus encore.
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