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Studies & News
Below are links to websites and documents with additional information about synthetic turf studies:
“CPSC Staff Finds Synthetic Turf Fields OK to Install, OK to Play On”, CPSC press release, July 2008.
“CPSC Staff Analysis and Assessment of Synthetic Turf Grass Blades”, CPSC study (PDF file - size unknown)
“Feds: Synthetic turf OK, kids 'not at risk' from lead exposure”, By Michael McCarthy, USA TODAY, July 2008 (click here for a 400k PDF version)
San Francisco DPH Memorandum: “Artificial Turf Playfields” from June M. Weintraub, ScD and Richard Lee, MPH, CIH, CSP, REHS, February 2008 (191k PDF)
San Francisco DOE letter: “Use of synthetic turf on City athletic fields” from Jared Blumenfeld, Director, DOE, January 2008 (62k PDF)
“Artificial
Turf – Exposure to Ground Up Rubber Tires”
Environment and Human Health, Inc., August 2007
“Evaluation of Health Effects of Recycled Waste Tires in Playground and Track Products”, OEHHA, July 2007 (PDF file - size unknown)
OEHHA Study, January 2007 (PDF file - size unknown)
“Artificial
Turf Pitches – an Assessment of the Health Risks for Football Players”
The Norwegian Institute of Public Health, January 2006 (PDF file - size unknown)
Toxicological
Evaluation for the Hazard Assessment of Tire Crumb for Use in Public Playgrounds
Enviro-Test Laboratories, Alberta Centre for Injury Control and Research, Dept.
of Public Health Sciences, Alberta, Canada, July 2003 (PDF file - size unknown)
“A Survey of Microbial Populations in Infilled Synthetic Turf Fields”, by Andrew S. McNitt, Ph.D. Soil Science, Dianne Petrunak, M.S. Plant Pathology and Thomas Serensits, M.S. Candidate in agronomy
Environmental Reports
J. C. Broderick & Associates, Inc. was retained to investigate concerns raised in some Long Island, New York communities installing synthetic turf. Below you will find links to the full-length reports from two projects: Comsewogue High School Football Field (1,100k PDF file) and the Schreiber High School Football Field (1,100k PDF file). Each report is extensive with more than a dozen pages in each. Each study is focused on the potential routes of exposure for athletes and coaches to chemicals while using the athletic field. Click the following links to learn more...
Comsewogue
This is the full-length report from J. C. Broderick & Associates, Inc. about the Comsewogue High School Football Field. Click here to download the file "Broderick-Air-Comsewogue.pdf" (1,100k PDF file) success.
Schreiber
This is the full-length report from J. C. Broderick & Associates, Inc. about the Schreiber High School Football Field. Click this to download "Broderick-Air-Schreiber.pdf" (1,100k PDF file).
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