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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 ...
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Showing posts with label parents. Show all posts
Showing posts with label parents. Show all posts
Friday, April 27, 2018
TURF WAR: Parents protest artificial turf approved by Montgomery County school board
Saturday, September 23, 2017
DC focused on new procedures for testing synthetic turf fields
DC focused on new procedures for testing
synthetic turf fields
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
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
Used by millions of people worldwide, indoor and outdoor
pitches made from artificial grass may be filled with crumb rubber, which
can contain ...
Friday, August 4, 2017
Opposition to Turf Fields Starts Petition in North Haven
Opposition to Turf Fields Starts
Petition in North Haven
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 ...
Wednesday, July 19, 2017
Artificial turf temperatures too hot for young athletes? KSL investigates
Artificial turf temperatures too hot
for young athletes? KSL investigates
SALT LAKE CITY — It's 98 degrees Fahrenheit on a July day
and after receiving complaints about how hot artificial turf can
get, ...
Tuesday, July 18, 2017
Common sense dictates safety first with artificial turf
Common sense dictates safety first with
artificial turf
This week, the San Mateo County civil grand jury is
recommending that school districts consider the safety of children before
installing artificial turf ...
Thursday, April 6, 2017
Turf war breaks out with new plans for school's floodlit pitch
Turf war breaks out with new plans
for school's floodlit pitch
RESIDENTS who live near Tonbridge Grammar School are
urging their local councillors to reject proposals for a new floodlit
artificial turf sports pitch, ...
Friday, March 31, 2017
Hawthorne opposes artificial turf at Goffle Brook Park
Hawthorne opposes artificial turf at
Goffle Brook Park
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 ...
Resident calls for natural grass fields, cites turf risks
Resident calls for natural grass
fields, cites turf risks
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
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 ...
Thursday, September 8, 2016
County Turns Down School Board Turf Testing Conditions: 'You Should Be Ashamed Of Yourselves'
County Turns Down School Board Turf
Testing Conditions: 'You Should Be Ashamed Of Yourselves'
County supervisors turned down the School Board's
conditions for testing artificial turf fields in a decision punctuated by
an excoriating rant by ...
Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Are Montgomery County synthetic turf fields safe for play?
Are Montgomery County synthetic turf
fields safe for play?
Photo of football field at Walter Johnson High School in
Bethesda, Md., where safety concerns have been raised about the turf.
Monday, Sept. 5, 2016.
Thursday, August 18, 2016
Are the lack of standardized shock absorption rates in artificial turf leaving teens at risk of head ...
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Are the lack of standardized shock
absorption rates in artificial turf leaving teens at risk of head
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For years, the assumption was that artificial turf
surfaces were better in every way for athletes. They allowed for better footing
in adverse weather like ...
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Thursday, August 11, 2016
Former school board candidate threatens lawsuit to block turf athletic field
Former school board candidate threatens
lawsuit to block turf athletic field
District voters in May approved borrowing of $1.2 million
to construct an artificial turf field on the district's main
campus. The specifications for the turf ...
Friday, June 3, 2016
Opposition grows over artificial turf at Mattituck park
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Opposition grows over artificial
turf at Mattituck park
MATTITUCK - There is a turf war in Mattituck where
parents are taking sides over whether to replace the grass on their
children's ballfield with artificial ...
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Call for inquiry into health effects of rubber in artificial pitches
Call for inquiry into health effects of
rubber in artificial pitches
On Wednesday in Asheville, North Carolina, plans to
replace the artificial turf at the John B Lewis Soccer Complex in
Asheville got under way ...
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Crumb rubber causes turf field concerns
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Downtown:
Birmingham/Bloomfield news magazine
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Crumb rubber causes turf field
concerns
Then it came to her attention there are ongoing health
concerns about the use of crumb rubber pellets used as underlay for
artificial turf. “There hasn't ...
Wednesday, November 25, 2015
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
VERNON — The athletic fields at Rockville High School are
due for a makeover, and some Board of Education members are leaning toward
using ...
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