Representatives of the Safe Healthy Playing Fields Coalition spoke to the WMCCA about the health and environmental issues related to artificial turf at the December general meeting. Kathy Michels, a ...

Anyone who's ever looked into installing artificial turf in their yard has likely come across the same situation. Most articles written about the advantages of synthetic grass are published by the ...

Soccer coach Amy Griffin was in a Seattle hospital visiting a young goalie who was receiving chemotherapy when a nurse said something that made the hair on Griffin’s neck stand up. It was 2009. Two ...

Objective: To compare injury risk in elite football played on artificial turf compared with natural grass. Design: Prospective two-cohort study. Setting: Male European elite football leagues.

This story was produced in collaboration with CivicStory as part of the New Jersey Sustainability Reporting project. It was originally published in August 2023 and has been updated with additional ...

Turf burn is an abrasion caused by friction from an artificial lawn. Treatment involves cleaning the wound and applying an antiseptic to prevent infections. If you play football, soccer, or hockey, ...

As Santa Clara County supervisors consider a proposed artificial turf ban on county-owned land, parents and activists are pointing to the disposal of a local high school’s old field to highlight ...