Lead content in plastic grass field at Blair "acceptable"

Well, that's good to know.

Blair High School Artificial Turf Football Field
Crumb Rubber on a plate on top of plastic grass

We want our kids to have an "acceptable" level of lead in their diet, right?

The Montgomery County Council's Education Committee, that would be Valerie Ervin, Craig Rice and Phil Andrews are fine with the level of lead on plastic football fields.  Today, they approved another no-bid procurement of plastic grass from FieldTurf.  Included in the Committee packet was OF COURSE propaganda from FieldTurf.  Gee, why not.  Let the no-bid vendor submit whatever they want to the Council.  Ignore that there are many other artificial turf vendors.  Who needs competitive bids or competitive product information?


From the Education Committee's packet:

Parks [Montgomery County Department of Parks] stated that fibers from the Blair HS field and the Wheaton Sports Pavilion both were tested and concentrations were "found to be acceptable". 

Remember that there are 120 TONS of crumb rubber on every FieldTurf artificial turf football field.
120 TONS of those little black pellets in the picture above.  Yum.  What goes better with lead, ketchup or mustard?

  2013 Montgomery County Council Education Committee by   Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland