| should be recycled or sold as scrap to make rubber playgrounds or something. You're logic about not being used makes very little sense when the problem is the age of the rubber not the use of it. Would you buy boxed or canned food that was past the expiration date on the box? Hell, even the diet coke I'm driking has an expiration date on the can. If you think something can't deteriorate from just sitting on a shelf then why are there expiration dates on canned foods, prescription drugs, and drinks? True story. I had a box of velveta shells and cheese in my pantry for years. Checked the expiration date...2000. I thought it's just dried pasta and cheese product sealed in aluminum foil. I cooked the pasta and then opened the cheese thinking I was going to gobble it up. That was some of the foulest smelling stuff I have ever sniffed. Why is it hard to believe that a product that is made of rubber which consists of chemicals could break down over time (whether it is actually "used") and could cause a hazard?
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