Artificial Turf is Costly, Unsafe

Artificial Turf is Costly, Unsafe wvdispatch.com There might be some advantages to artificial turf, but we find these fields to be hot, smelly and hard on the players' skin, causing nasty abrasions.

Advocacy Group Rips Safety, Durability Of Artificial Turf Fields

Advocacy Group Rips Safety, Durability Of Artificial Turf Fields Forbes I have long been skeptical about artificial turf athletic fields. I played on one at Syracuse when I was a member of the Siena College soccer team in the ...

TURF WAR: Parents protest artificial turf approved by Montgomery County school board

TURF WAR: Parents protest artificial turf approved by Montgomery County school board FOX 5 DC ROCKVILLE, Md. - Kids in sports spend hours on the field. And to remain competitive, Montgomery County wants to continue to add artificial turf fields to its schools. “Grass does not support the kind of usage that these high schools have,” explained Andrew Hosker, a Montgomery County parent. But it's a ...

Increase in rugby injuries on artificial pitches, report reveals

Increase in rugby injuries on artificial pitches, report reveals

The Scotsman

The first thing to note is that, over the course of four years that the survey has dealt with artificial pitches, the frequency and severity of injuries on the AGPs is not statistically different to those played on grass. Over the first three years the numbers were slightly lower on AGPs so the spike of injuries in ...

MD lawmakers debate turf field health risks

MD lawmakers debate turf field health risks The Campus Current Maryland lawmakers are debating whether the chemicals in synthetic turf make it unsafe for athletes and the environment. They are considering a bill that would stop schools and recreation centers in the state from using government funds to build or replace sports fields or playgrounds with turf made of ...

Modelling Surface Temperatures on 3G Artificial Turf

Modelling Surface Temperatures on 3G Artificial Turf MDPI High surface temperatures are often recorded on or close to the surface of an artificial turf pitch (ATP). Many literature sources from different countries have reported surface temperatures on artificial pitches rising up to 90–95 °C on hot days, which has raised numerous concerns about health risks for ... Flag as irrelevant

Ground Zero: The Dangers That Artificial Turf May Pose To Football Players' Brains

Ground Zero: The Dangers That Artificial Turf May Pose To Football Players' Brains Forbes A few Pro Football Hall of Famers have spoken out loudly against concussions this past week. Most of what they have had to say has been about decreasing the chances of children sustaining head injuries caused by knocking each other in the noggin while playing the game. Some of their concern, ...

Don't hate Thursday NFL games because there are more injuries. There aren't actually.

Don't hate Thursday NFL games because there are more injuries. There aren't actually.

Washington Post

“There is a statistical significant difference between injuries that occur on grass and injuries that occur on artificial turf,” Smith said then. “And nobody's talking about that. I mean, we've said that now for almost two years. I've heard far more about Thursday night than I've heard about the statistically ...

New report challenges synthetic turf industry's safety claims

New report challenges synthetic turf industry's safety claims

Stratford Star

The debate over artificial turf fields and playground surfaces versus natural grass for youth and school sports and play areas may get renewed with ...

Industry Groups Comment on Misleading and Inaccurate EHHI Report - Business Wire (press release)

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New Report on Synthetic Turf Fields Suggests Industry's Claims of Safety Do Not Hold Up

New Report on Synthetic Turf Fields Suggests Industry's Claims of Safety Do Not Hold Up to ...

PR Newswire (press release)

7, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Environment and Human Health, Inc. (EHHI) is releasing its new report Synthetic Turf: Industry's Claims Versus the Science ...

Hardness Test Results Reveal Wider Scope Of Artificial Turf Failures

Hardness Test Results Reveal Wider Scope Of Artificial Turf Failures

DCist.com

The results of annual and emergency hardness tests on artificial turf tests reveal that seven failed fields were in use for months before the Department ...

The School Synthetic-Turf Wars

The School Synthetic-Turf Wars

The Atlantic

Artificial turf first entered the national spotlight in 1966, when it was installed at the Astrodome, then the brand-new home of Major League Baseball's ...

DC's artificial turf field hardness tests reveal standards discrepancy

DC's artificial turf field hardness tests reveal standards discrepancy

FOX 5 DC

WASHINGTON - FOX 5 has obtained records that detail the results of hardness tests of the D.C.'s 52 artificial turf fields, revealing some fields that ...

DC focused on new procedures for testing synthetic turf fields

DC focused on new procedures for testing synthetic turf fields

W*USA 9

WASHINGTON (WUSA9) - Artificial turf fields in D.C. are causing big problems for some parents after learning more than a dozen fields failed safety ...

Parents express concern over artificial turf materials

Parents express concern over artificial turf materials

FOX 5 DC

WASHINGTON - A parents council at Oyster-Adams Bilingual School is calling on the District to include parents on decisions made about what ...

Health checks on users of crumb rubber pitches is insufficient, study finds

Health checks on users of crumb rubber pitches is insufficient, study finds

Medical Xpress

Used by millions of people worldwide, indoor and outdoor pitches made from artificial grass may be filled with crumb rubber, which can contain ...

Rangers' new ballpark won't look like Minute Maid Park, but will grass grow?

Rangers' new ballpark won't look like Minute Maid Park, but will grass grow?

Fort Worth Star Telegram

The Rangers are likely to make every attempt to use natural grass for ... Artificial turf has been scorned in the past couple of decades as clubs have ...

Meeting on dangers of artificial turf fields being held Saturday

Meeting on dangers of artificial turf fields being held Saturday

Times Herald-Record

HIGHLAND FALLS – Patricia Wood, executive director of Grassroots Environmental Education, will speak about the dangers of artificial turf fields at 3 ...

Heat policy for artificial turf earns approval

Heat policy for artificial turf earns approval

Woburn Daily Times

BURLINGTON – The Wellness Committee crafted a heat policy for students utilizing any artificial turf field on school property, and the School ...

Artificial turf temperatures too hot for young athletes? KSL investigates

Artificial turf temperatures too hot for young athletes? KSL investigates

KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — It's 98 degrees Fahrenheit on a July day and after receiving complaints about how hot artificial turf can get, ...