Children’s Environmental Health Center strongly discourages the installation of artificial turf playing surfaces and fields

RESOURCE LINKS:

https://mountsinaiexposomics.org/learning-hub/turf-sports/  

https://www.healthyplayingsurfaces.org/ 

https://www.healthandenvironment.org/webinars/96595 

https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2016-02/documents/federal_research_action_plan_tirecrumb_final_2.pdf 

https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2019-08/documents/synthetic_turf_field_recycled_tire_crumb_rubber_research_under_the_federal_research_action_plan_final_report_part_1_volume_1.pdf 

https://www.uml.edu/research/lowell-center/athletic-playing-fields/