Synthetic Turf or Chemical Turf

Synthetic Turf Versus Natural Turf for Playing Fields

This report describes research we performed for the San Francisco Department of the Environment (SFE) to assist in decisionmaking regarding the purchasing of synthetic turf. Synthetic turf is becoming increasingly popular as a surface for playing fields. The products have improved and many competing brands are now available, offering a range of choices of materials. These fields offer a number ...

Synthetic Turf: Health DebateTakes Root

Synthetic turf field investigation in Connecticut.

The primary purpose of this study was to characterize the concentrations of volatile organic compounds (VOC), semivolatile organic compounds (SVOC), rubber-related chemicals such as benzothiazole (BZT) and nitrosamine, and particulate matter (PM(10)) in air at synthetic turf crumb rubber fields. Both new and older fields were evaluated under conditions of active use. Three types of fields were ...

Evaluating and Regulating Lead in Synthetic Turf

BACKGROUND In 2007, a synthetic turf recreational field in Newark, New Jersey, was closed because lead was found in synthetic turf fibers and in surface dust at concentrations exceeding hazard criteria. Consequently, public health professionals across the country began testing synthetic turf to determine whether it represented a lead hazard. Currently, no standardized methods exist to test for ...

Football injuries on synthetic turf fields.

OBJECTIVES Football injuries that occur during football matches played on synthetic fields and the features of these injuries were investigated and the data was pursued for the prevention and reduction of these injuries. PATIENTS AND METHODS All adolescent and adult trauma cases who admitted to the Emergency Department with football injuries on synthetic fields were retrospectively investigat...