Month: November 2023

At least one town has opted to put a turf project on hold over health and environmental concerns. In Sharon, Mass., officials imposed a three-year moratorium on the installation of…

In Los Gatos, Calif., some parents have become embroiled in a fight over plans to put in artificial plastic grass at local elementary schools. Similar battles are playing out in…

Portsmouth’s problems are illustrative of the turmoil surrounding artificial turf projects. Often scrutinized for the use of crumb rubber infill, which can contain neurotoxic metals like lead, plastic fields are…

That has left local advocates enraged. “That’s lying, we call that lying,” Diana Carpinone, president of Non Toxic Portsmouth, said of the consultants’ promises. “We want [the council] to sue…

Aware of the Massachusetts findings, the city’s consultants — Weston & Sampson — promised in a February 2020 public meeting that the chemicals would not be an issue. In a…

Environmental Working Group (text); Satakorn/istock (turf photo); Валентин Игнаткин/iStock (soccer ball); SnazzyMaps (map) In need of a new athletic field and already concerned about “forever chemicals” in its drinking water,…

Fake grass will not be banned in Wales, a minister has said, just days after she said she was exploring the idea. On Wednesday, Climate Change Minister Julie James said…

CBS New York has learned of similar fights in Westfield and in Scotch Plains, where a doctor with Mount Sinai's Children's Environmental Health Center wrote a letter to the town…

People in one Bergen County town told CBS New York investigative reporter Tim McNicholas they're fighting it aggressively. There are similar concerns and battles brewing right now in Westfield and…

Some young athletes don’t want to give up their favorite cleats because they worry about performance on the field, he said. Like other sports medicine experts interviewed for this story,…