Rubber playground surface material may protect kids from some injuries but be harboring a different source of harm, a study in Boston suggests. Researchers tested lead levels in the soil, sand, mulch ...

D.C. Department of General Services Director Keith Anderson told WUSA9 Tuesday the District will now stop painting its rubber playground mats without first approving the chemicals used. Tests ...

Montgomery Parks announced in a news release: "Repairs are currently in progress and all four playgrounds will reopen in late July. All rubber surfaces are being removed from Countryside and Fairland ...

LAS VEGAS — Five artificial turf fields are on tap to be replaced in the Clark County School District in Nevada in the wake of an investigation that exposed dangerous conditions, lack of safety ...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Five artificial turf fields are on tap to be replaced at Clark County schools in the wake of a 13 Investigation exposed dangerous conditions, lack of safety testing, and lack of ...

Jeanette Morrison admired a new poured-in-place rubber play surface at Scantlebury Park — and said some benches, a gate, and swing set chains should come next. The Dixwell alder made that suggestion ...

Southside Park in Tyler has been closed for repair after problems with the rubber surface underneath the playground equipment. The park had recently been renovated and reopened in mid-November 2019 to ...

Is the recycled rubber padding going in at playgrounds and fields safe? The District is set to fund a study to reassure a small group of concerned parents and determine what should or should not be ...

This truly old-school playground delight, deemed “the most notorious piece of playground equipment in history,” dates to the ...

Part 2, to be released at a later date, will attempt to characterize potential human exposures to the chemicals found in the crumb rubber material during use on synthetic turf fields. The Part 2 ...