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Wednesday, September 4, 2019

Potentially toxic dust cloud from artificial turf field settles over Bethesda neighborhood

BETHESDA, Md. — Video and pictures taken Tuesday by neighbors of Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School show clouds of construction dust kicked up by crews placing infill on a new artificial turf field. Grass seed was replaced with materials called zeolite and silica. Safety sheets about those materials state airborne silica may “cause cancer by inhalation.”



https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/bethesda/dust-cloud-bethesda-chevy-chase-high-school-turf/65-f44b3c43-375c-44b5-b3b5-58358d615f93

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