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Synthetic Turf

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News & Commentary from EHHI

Press Release: EHHI Releases Original Research Report - Exposures to Recycled Tire Crumbs used on Synthetic Turf Fields, Playgrounds and as Gardening Mulch

Press Release: Moratorium on new synthetic fields recommended until testing has been completed.

EHHI's Comments on Synthetic Turf

Environment and Human Health, Inc.’s Responses to the CT Department of Public Health’s Fact Sheet and Technical Support Document on Artificial Turf

News & Resources

Artificial Turf Fact Sheet from CT DPH

Synthetic turf fields will be cleaned up!

The use of artificial turf fields at Long Island schools is growing, yet the jury is still out on whether they put children at risk.

Call for Synthetic Turf Moratorium in New York State after testing

New turf fields behind OMAC bring pleasure, pain

Potential health impact of turf concerns town official

Many questions, few answers about artificial turf

Turf Wars: Debate Continues On Safety Of Fake Grass

A High-Morbidity Outbreak of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus among Players on a College Football Team, Facilitated by Cosmetic Body Shaving and Turf Burns

Study Finds Volatile Organics In Turf Fields - The New London Day

Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station's Examination of Crumb Rubber Produced from Recycled Tires

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Quick Facts

- Synthetic turf materials are made out of plastic and ground up rubber tires -- both of which tend to absorb heat and get much hotter than the air around them.

- Ground up rubber tires are also being sold for use as garden mulch and on playgrounds.

- There has not been enough testing or public health evaluation studies on synthetic turf fields to determine whether some of them pose a health problem for children. There are many important public health questions that should be answered before these expensive synthetic fields are purchased and installed.