The Elgin City Council approved a new stadium for Larkin High School on Oct. 8, built around a synthetic turf field for ...

Palo Alto, a city that prizes its parks and environmental focus, is struggling with the future of its synthetic sports fields ...

"It is terrible stuff." Gardener sparks debate with question about widely used landscaping product: 'Awful for many reasons' ...

The debate over whether to install turf over grass fields has become a referendum on sports, health, the environment and the use of scarce public resources. By Ken Belson and Hiroko Tabuchi Across the ...

Voters will decide Tuesday on whether new artificial turf fields belong in their community following months of debate that mirrored recent divides in Norwalk, Wethersfield, Fairfield and other ...

Rolls of artificial turf stacked up before installation - Valerii Maksimov/Getty Images Ideally, it'd be easy to have a lush, natural grass lawn. Unfortunately, that's not always the case— you have to ...

More fake lawns may be coming to your neighborhood. From the front yards of West Miami-Dade to the waterfront mansions of Fort Lauderdale, artificial turf is appearing more and more. And with the ...

(Beyond Pesticides, November 6, 2023) Communities discussing synthetic versus natural turf are faced with a number of issues that go to safety, environmental health, and cost. The chemicals used to ...

Why it matters: Synthetic grass usually contains PFAS chemicals that are a known carcinogen, which can interfere with hormones, reproduction, immunity and cause developmental delays in children. The ...

A proposal from regional NSW to ban fake grass has created turf wars of a new kind. Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional ...

One of the biggest topics of the NFL season came into renewed focus this week at the league’s fall meetings: players’ preference for natural grass playing fields over artificial turf. In September, ...