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

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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.

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 ...

Slammers owner says stadium events up 73 percent with artificial turf

Slammers owner says stadium events up 73 percent with artificial turf Suburban Life Publications Focusing on what use the Slammers have made of artificial turf since it was installed in April, Semaca said the number of days the stadium is in use is ...

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 ...

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 ...