Together w/@EPA & @CDCgov, we’re looking into the safety of crumb rubber on playgrounds. Status report and tips: https://t.co/leRtbWCTTY pic.twitter.com/zdRlaj7IHr— U.S. CPSC (@USCPSC) December 30, 2016
Wednesday, January 4, 2017
Together w/@EPA & @CDCgov, we’re looking into the safety of crumb rubber on playgrounds. Status report and tips: http://bit.ly/2ifxCuK
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Thankfully, crumb rubber is no longer a necessity in artificial turf. Fieldturf offers a cork infill system for both retrofits (Coolplay), and new systems (Purefill). Astroturf has a system that uses sand and quarry rock (with a shockpad underneath for shock absorption) in lieu of rubber: http://www.astroturf.com/products/golden-series
ReplyDeleteBoth systems are also designed to keep fields far cooler than typical rubber systems, approaching the same levels of grass.
By far cooler you mean??? Data please. Parents' Coalition documented temps of up to 165 degrees F at the crumb rubber fields in this county. These heat islands are visible from space as documented by NASA. Cork fields are not much cooler, esp. not compared to natural turf.
DeleteThat's all meaningless in Montgomery County, MD. We use crumb rubber. Our educators love it and keep dumping more and more and more of it on our plastic fields.
ReplyDeleteDon't you mean, 'Our parents love it.' Because they do. This is what the parents -- and the Booster clubs -- want for their children. Carcinogens, heavy metals, and a warming planet.
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