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 ...

Uncertainty surrounds disposal of mounds of artificial turf in Cleona

Uncertainty surrounds disposal of mounds of artificial turf in Cleona Lebanon Daily News Mayor Larry Minnich informed the borough council that Cleona has a huge depository of used artificial sports turf within is boundaries and no one has ...

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

Montgomery Co. Parks joins synthetic turf class action suit

Montgomery Co. Parks joins synthetic turf class action suit WTOP According to the school's website, each artificial field requires $10,000 annual maintenance. “These fields are more expensive than natural grass,” said Sheveiko. “Someone needs to ask why we can't grow natural, good-smelling, fresh, and safe natural grass.” A schools spokesman did not immediately ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Hawthorne opposes artificial turf at Goffle Brook Park

Hawthorne opposes artificial turf at Goffle Brook Park

NorthJersey.com

HAWTHORNE — Borough officials are saying not so fast to plans by Passaic County to install an artificial turf field at Goffle Brook Park. Mayor Richard ...

Two reasons to vote "no" for turf

Two reasons to vote "no" for turf

The Reflector

Now they want another $1.5 million to put artificial turf for the stadium, ... I'm voting no for two reasons: First, I found out last night at the Turf Levy ...

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.

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 ...

Voters Approve $1.45M Bond for Natural Turf

Voters Approve $1.45M Bond for Natural Turf

Athletic Business (blog)

Voters first approved a $1.62 million bond for a synthetic turf field at Pierson Middle/High School in a fall 2013 referendum, only to reject it three years ...

Why artificial turf may truly be bad for kid

Why artificial turf may truly be bad for kids

The Conversation US

If you want to get a soccer mom's attention, bring up the subject of artificial turf, the preferred playing surface for children from pre-K to college – or at ...

Jersey Shore town reportedly could ban artificial turf lawns

Jersey Shore town reportedly could ban artificial turf lawns

NJ.com

BELMAR - The borough council held a discussion Tuesday night on the possibility of prohibiting the use of artificial turf lawns in the borough, News 12 ...