It was her golf coach at Vassar College in New York who mentioned the debate over synthetic turf and, in particular, the crumb rubber often used as infill on artificial fields. Prince recalled ...

Washington state health officials say artificial turf that contains crumb rubber does not appear to cause cancer. Crum rubber is commonly made from old tires. In 2009, Amy Griffin, a coach for the ...

"It's truly shocking." Concerned mom urges parents to check children's exposure to dangerous common material: 'No one is ...

Recycled rubber and synthetic turf industry groups have estimated there are about 11,000 playgrounds and athletic fields across the country that employ crumb rubber. A spokesman for the groups ...

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Three federal agencies are teaming up to investigate the safety of crumb rubber artificial turf used in playing fields and playground all across the country — the subject of a series of NBC News ...

Seminole County has halted installing artificial turf on seven athletic fields at the county’s new sports complex after Commissioner Lee Constantine raised health concerns about “crumb rubber ...

From 20 feet away, you can see hundreds of black dots. It is crumb rubber that was put down years ago as the infill for a synthetic turf surface but has now bubbled to the surface and overshadows ...

And in Concord, more than 750 residents crowded into a heated town meeting in April to debate a two-year study and moratorium on artificial turf – a battle that crumb rubber opponents lost but left ...

After 20 years of coaching, Amy McCambridge said she lost her job with the Ridgewood Maroons when she opposed artificial turf ...