Artificial Turf and Natural Turf Resource Information

Great article in the Somerville Times about artificial turf http://www.thesomervilletimes.com/archives/59844

Top Women's Soccer player describes playing World Cup on artificial turf as "Nightmare" www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/us-soccer-star-abby-wambach-playing-turf-nightmare-n371906

Women's World Cup players sue FIFA to play on Natural Grasshttp://mashable.com/2015/05/28/fifa-scandal-womens-soccer/

Artificial Turf doesn't belong in Baseball says Baseball Essential. "It has come quite clear around MLB that artificial turf is not only an unattractive aspect of the game, but also hazardous to the safety of players" http://www.baseballessential.com/news/2014/12/21/why-astro-turf-no-longer-belongs-in-baseball/

Forbes magazine says ""natural grass sports fields are a bargain compared to artificial turf due to the huge costs taxpayers get stuck with to maintain and replace artificial fields after their warranties expire" http://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2014/10/22/buyers-remorse-surfacing-over-artificial-turf-fields/

Improved cognitive development among school children link to time spent on green space (natural grass, trees) in recent Spanish study. http://www.psmag.com/health-and-behavior/green-spaces-linked-to-kids-cognitive-development

With proper drainage, you can play on Natural Grass after a rain. http://growinggreengrass.net/2015/06/30/rain-rain-rain-play-through-on-natural-grass/ This is a beginner's guide to choosing the type of turf your community needs. Contains a side-by-side cost comparison for synthetic vs natural turf. www.redhenturf.com/pdfs/TheTruthAboutArtificialTurf.pdf A comparison between Artificial Turf and Natural Turf: cost, environmental impact, from the University of Arkansas. Additionally, statistics about surveyed NFL players' preferences for natural turf: http://turf.uark.edu/turfhelp/archives/021109.html

Fact Sheet about Synthetic Turf: "Although the desire to improve access to sports fields is clearly well-intentioned, the risks that accompany synthetic turf need to be carefully considered." http://www.njwec.org/PDF/Factsheets/fact-artificialterf.pdf Did you know that Artificial turf fields require as much maintenance as natural turf fields? http://read.dmtmag.com/i/86038-october-2012/8

Crumb rubber and rubber playground is flammable and toxic. Learn more.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEFKHuWLgx4&feature=relmfu Scientific study about Artificial Turf includes recommendations to limit exposure to Artificial Turf and avoid during heat.http://www.ehhi.org/reports/turf/recs.shtml Incidents of non-Hodgkin lymphoma due to repeated exposure for our youngest soccer goalies playing on artificial turf: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/how-safe-artificial-turf-your-child-plays-n220166

About communities pushing back on Artificial turf installation. The EPA reported that some of the components of crumb rubber are: acetone, arsenic, benzene, chromium, hologenated flame retardents, lead and mercury.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/09/toxic-turf_n_7218728.html Even in a drought, Californians find natural grass preferable to artificial turf http://www.slideshare.net/SFOceanEdge/beach-chalet-water-usage-analysis-6 Another community's discussion around a playing field installation: http://myedmondsnews.com/2015/05/verdant-commissioner-promises-to-explore-artificial-turf-funding-options-for-woodway-fields-project/

Recent article about parent concerns around artificial turf in the Boston area: http://wgbhnews.org/post/crumb-rubber-have-your-kids-been-exposed-cancer-risk

Information about synthetic turf in the Greater Boston area and resource articles: http://synturf.org/

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