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Turf Questions From a Soccer Mom |
"Tires are made from the worst waste products in oil refining..." |
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The Truth About Synthetic Fields: |
"Whether we or our politicians know it or not, nature is a party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do." - Wendell Berry |
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How's Our Carbon Footprint? |
Video includes thermal imaging of artificial turf fields, showing heat island effect |
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Synthetic Athletic Fields - A Question of Infection |
"Plastic carpet playfields accumulate blood, spit, feces, vomit, etc. in the tire crumbs." |
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Synthetic Athletic Fields - A Question of Ingestion |
"The tire waste infill is returned to a HAZMAT* landfill after about 8 years of exposure to public spaces." |
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Professor Bill Crain speaks on Artificial Turf |
Developmental psychologist Bill Crain, PhD, of CUNY, has worked with Junfeng Zhang, PhD, of University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey's School of Public Health, on research looking at the health risks of tire crumb in synthetic turf. |
*HAZMAT=hazardous materials.