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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Profits vs. safety: What new findings about FieldTurf tell us about the future of sports

From Sports Illustrated: A new series of articles shows how the synthetic playing surface is more dangerous than first realized. ...read more

Research: More sports injuries occur on artificial turf

Research: More sports injuries occur on artificial turf

NL Times

Athletes have a better chance of getting hurt playing on artificial turf than on natural grass, according to a study done by television program Radar.

Mowing a Masterpiece: how grass fields keep athletes safe

Mowing a Masterpiece: how grass fields keep athletes safe WDTN We're digging deeper–according to a Penn State study released in 2011, artificial turf may lead to a higher number of knee and ankle injuries.

Grass may look greener to Ravens fans this season

Grass may look greener to Ravens fans this season

Baltimore Sun

Browse pictures of the artificial turf being removed at M&T Bank Stadium on Feb. 4, 2016, as the Ravens prepare to install natural grass on their home ...

Playing on natural grass a rare luxury for Texas football teams WFAA.com

Playing on natural grass a rare luxury for Texas football teams

WFAA.com

Synthetic field turf had been around for a decade and a half and now it's everywhere. Among 6A and 5A programs in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, only ...

John Fox: Bears not in favor of artificial turf at Soldier Field

John Fox: Bears not in favor of artificial turf at Soldier Field

Chicago Sun-Times

BOURBONNAIS — Refusing to blame the spotty grass at Soldier Field for center Hroniss Grasu's torn right anterior cruciate ligament, John Fox said ...

Growth in artificial lawns poses threat to British wildlife, conservationists warn

Growth in artificial lawns poses threat to British wildlife, conservationists warn

The Guardian

Environmentalists have warned that a growing trend to lay artificial lawns instead of real grass threatens the loss of wildlife and habitat across Britain.

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Tiger Stadium redevelopment group loses $50K because of its preference for artificial turf

NBCSports.com

Tiger Stadium redevelopment group loses $50K because of its preference for artificial turf

NBCSports.com

We've posted frequently on the topic of the old Tiger Stadium site. If you've kept up with it you know that the site, nearly overgrown with weeds and ...

The Plan for Detroit's Former Tiger Stadium Ignores History—and Potentially Safety

 

The Nation.

The Plan for Detroit's Former Tiger Stadium Ignores History—and Potentially Safety

The Nation.

The historic nine-acre field was ignored by the city and lovingly restored by fans. So why are there plans to cover it with artificial turf?

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Concussion Report Highlights Field Maintenance

New York Times

Concussion Report Highlights Field Maintenance

New York Times

“We have no national conversation on the technology underneath an athlete's feet,” the authors wrote in their report, the Role of Synthetic Turf in ...

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Vernon school board may go with natural grass over artificial turf for ball fields

Vernon school board may go with natural grass over artificial turf for ball fields

Journal Inquirer

VERNON — The athletic fields at Rockville High School are due for a makeover, and some Board of Education members are leaning toward using ...

Harvard Wins "The Game"; Yale Bowl to Remain Natural Grass

WNPR News

Harvard Wins "The Game"; Yale Bowl to Remain Natural Grass

WNPR News

The change to an artificial turf would have allowed for the installation of a portable, inflatable dome roof over Yale Bowl during the winter months, ...

Artificial turf plan nixed in Lower Macungie

Allentown Morning Call

Artificial turf plan nixed in Lower Macungie

Allentown Morning Call

Lower Macungie Township commissioners have decided to remove from the proposed 2016 budget money set aside for an artificial turf field at Quarry ...

Trouble in the Turf: Is crumb rubber causing cancer in athletes?

KSFY

Trouble in the Turf: Is crumb rubber causing cancer in athletes?

KSFY

Most artificial turf fields are littered with these little black dots, the crumbled up remnants of recycled tires. It's a product designed to help with drainage ...

Nursing Board member, Avery Hart stands for NJ Assembly

Parsippany Focus

Nursing Board member, Avery Hart stands for NJ Assembly

Parsippany Focus

She wrote a Citizen's Petition signed by nearly1400 voters that helped defeat artificial turf in the Highlands preservation zone, saving tax-payers over ...