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USA Today: Feds continue to promote artificial turf

March 16, 2015By AT Staff

Artificial turf fields comprised with crumb rubber have recently raised health concerns for players, including the risk of injury, skin infection, lead exposure and cancer. Two federal agencies — The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) — continue to promote athletic turf as safe, according to a USA Today analysis. A CPSC news release states “young children are not at risk from... read more

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Congressman calls for health risk study on crumb rubber

November 12, 2014By AT Staff

A New Jersey Congressman sent a letter to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) regarding the use of recycled tire crumb rubber in synthetic turf fields and the potential health risks that they pose. Frank Pallone Jr., a Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, asked the agency to conduct an official study to examine... read more

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NBC News report on synthetic turf creates stir

October 17, 2014By Joelle Harms

A recent report from NBC News has once again placed artificial turf in the crosshairs. On Oct. 8, NBC News reported 38 soccer players across the United States who have played sports on artificial turf have been diagnosed with cancer. The report profiles soccer coach Amy Griffin, associate head coach for the University of Washington women’s soccer team, who noticed the... read more

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Target Technologies adds synthetic turf recycling to its services

April 24, 2014By AT Staff

Target Technologies (TTII), a material and logistics outsourcer to the synthetic turf industry, now offers used synthetic athletic turf recycling through its Synthetic Turf Recycling Program. In partnership with Hong Kong-based Kam Lee Trading Company and its Canadian arm Poly-Pacific Inc. of British Columbia, TTII’s system converts 100 percent of synthetic turf – backing and fibers – into building products such as posts, planks, lumber... read more

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Dr. Ali Harivandi honored with Turfgrass Educator Award of Excellence by TPI

April 23, 2014By Jim Novak

Dr. Ali Harivandi, environmental horticulturist emeritus, University of California Cooperative Extension, received the Turfgrass Educator Award of Excellence from Turfgrass Producers International (TPI). Linda Moyer of S.C.-based Sod Solutions and chair of the TPI public relations working group says that the board of trustees decided to honor Harivandi at the TPI 2014 International Education Conference & Field Day in Orlando,... read more

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