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The installation of artificial turf has been contentious in San Francisco since the first artificial turf fields were
proposed and installed. Sometimes the fields have been embraced by the neighborhood in which they were placed, and other
times they have been rejected.
The City Fields Foundation claims that artificial turf is a safe surface. They have information about
this on their website.
However, there are other points of view. The purpose of this page is to give San Franciscans the access to other
points of view about this subject and also to let them know why other groups in San Francisco have fought the installation
of this type of sports development with artificial turf in their playgrounds.
Testimony at the Recreation and Park Commission regarding the potential dangers of artificial turf.
Rossi Park -Artificial Turf Info
Potrero Hill
The following are web links to articles about the potential dangers of artificial
turf and the continuing controversy surrounding it.
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www.SynTurf.org
- "This site is a US-based worldwide forum dedicated to information regarding the environmental and health risks associated
with artificial turf fields."
- "By providing a reliable body of information about environmental and health impact of artificial turf fields, this site
seeks to level the playing field of information about turf in favor of public interest."
- "This site grew out of the need for a clearinghouse of information about the environmental and health aspects of artificial
turf, particularly about matters not readily available from promoters and sellers of artificial turf systems."
"Link Between Cancer, Artificial Turf Questioned," KOMO News:
- "High school soccer star dream of playing college soccer is blocked by cancer...His coach knows of 8 players he has
personally worked with who now have cancer... they wonder if it could have something to do with the artificial turf fields
they play on..." KOMO news
Vlad vs. Matsui: Who wins this matchup?
- "This winter, the Angels exchanged one aging slugger with broken-down knees caused by too many seasons playing on artificial
turf in a foreign country (Montreal, Canada) for another aging slugger with broken-down knees caused by too many seasons
playing on artificial turf in a foreign country (Tokyo, Japan)....."
"Artificial Turf vs. Natural Grass: Separating Myths and Facts," booklet available for download.
"NFL Panel finds some knee, ankle injuries more common on turf"
"Is the EPA stalling on Artificial Turf?"
"Two cities spurn crumb rubber in artificial turf"
"Brown Creates Nation's First Enforceable Lead Standards for Artificial Turf"
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"Calif. AG files lawsuits in Prop 65 Violations against
artificial turf companies." September 2, 2008
Oakland, CA- The Center for Environmental Health (CEH) announced today that independent
testing has found high levels of lead in varieties of artificial turf from ten more companies.
*The testing found that the lead level in one turf sample, produced by the
nation’s leading installer of sports fields, Field Turf, was more 150 times higher than federal child safe lead standards
that will ultimately come into effect as a result recent Congressional action to ban lead in products for children.
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