Rubber debris litters miles of Puyallup River after artificial turf was used in dam project without permit

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Tyre crumb toxicology study raises questions about artificial turf

Tyre crumb toxicology study raises questions about artificial turf

Chemistry World

Artificial turf containing crumb rubber from shredded tyres has become increasingly common on playgrounds and running tracks. Despite anecdotes ...

Neighbors Voice Concern about Dust Spread At B-CC Turf Field Site

Neighbors Voice Concern about Dust Spread At B-CC Turf Field Site BethesdaMagazine.com Work to install a new artificial turf field at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School was halted Wednesday after neighbors raised concerns about ...

Potentially toxic dust cloud from artificial turf field settles over Bethesda neighborhood

Potentially toxic dust cloud from artificial turf field settles over Bethesda neighborhood WUSA9.com BETHESDA, Md. — Video and pictures taken Tuesday by neighbors of Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School show clouds of construction dust kicked ...

OPINION: Why I Still Oppose Artificial Turf (Especially at Ritzer Field)

OPINION: Why I Still Oppose Artificial Turf (Especially at Ritzer Field) The Village Green Jane Conrad, a South Orange-Maplewood resident, previously expressed her thoughts on natural grass versus artificial turf fields in this piece, ...

Johnsons Lawn Seed warns over artificial turf

Johnsons Lawn Seed warns over artificial turf Horticulture Week Johnsons Lawn Seed has warned that reports of rising sales of artificial turf could damage the garden industry's green image and undermine the ...

7 On Your Side: DC councilmember takes on artificial turf fields

7 On Your Side: DC councilmember takes on artificial turf fields WJLA This bill comes one day after 7 On Your Side reported that repairs are underway at Walter Johnson High School's artificial turf field in Bethesda with ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Opposition to Turf Fields Starts Petition in North Haven

Opposition to Turf Fields Starts Petition in North Haven

Zip06.com

The topic of artificial turf fields with crumb rubber infill has become a controversial topic in town over the past few months, and concerned residents ...

Do uneven standards, lax testing put high school players at risk on artificial turf?

Do uneven standards, lax testing put high school players at risk on artificial turf?

Idaho Statesman

In the past 11 years, Meridian, Eagle, Rocky Mountain and Middleton high schools bought into those promises, installing synthetic turf fields on their ...

Super Bowl 2017: Is a Turf or Grass Field Riskier for Players?

Super Bowl 2017: Is a Turf or Grass Field Riskier for Players?

Live Science

Does the field's surface type — grass or turf — affect players' injury rates? One of the benefits of artificial turf is that the surface is more uniform — free ...

Seeds of a Movement

Seeds of a Movement

East Hampton Star

The battle between the school and concerned parents over the conversion of football fields from natural grass to synthetic turf began in 2015.

Turf War

Turf War

TAPinto.net

However, the rubber black dots on the artificial turf, are causing cancer and diseases in many athletes. Many of them are diving, falling or being ...

Resident calls for natural grass fields, cites turf risks

Resident calls for natural grass fields, cites turf risks

Seacoastonline.com

PORTSMOUTH — Resident Lindsey Carmichael believes the best option for the city as it debates which synthetic turf infill to use for its new athletic ...