Resources
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General Information on Natural Grass and Synthetic Turf​
TURI: Artificial Turf and Safer Alternatives Webinar https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mel-tIUQImY&feature=youtu.be
TURI: Athletic Playing Fields and Artificial Turf: Considerations for Municipalities and Institutions https://www.turi.org/content/download/13271/203906/file/Factsheet.Artificial_Turf.September2020.pdf.pdf
TURI: Athletic Playing Fields Choosing Safer Options for Health and the Environment
Sports Field Management Association: Environmental Facilities Certification Program
https://www.stma.org/environmental-facility-certification-program/
Safe Health Playing Fields: Cost Natural Grass vs. Synthetic Turf
https://www.safehealthyplayingfields.org/cost-grass-vs-synthetic-turf
Sports Field Management Association: Natural Grass Field Maintenance
https://www.stma.org/natural-grass-athletic-fields/
Safe Healthy Playing Fields: Fact Sheets
https://www.safehealthyplayingfields.org/fact-sheets
Heat Islands
National Recreation and Park Association: Synthetic Sports Fields and the Heat Island Effect
EPA: Heat Island Impacts
https://www.epa.gov/heatislands/heat-island-impacts
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Flooding
The Ridgewood Blog: Turf Field in a Floodplain, Not Getting Any Smarter all these Years Later
The Ridgewood Blog: Ridgewood Repairs Artificial Turf Fields After Costly Flooding
https://theridgewoodblog.net/ridgewood-repairs-artificial-turf-fields-after-costly-flooding/
Patch: Update: Fields Closed After Flood; District’s Cleanup Costs Not Yet Known
https://patch.com/new-jersey/ridgewood/big-floods-again-damage-fields
Health and Safety
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: Letter to Lake Forest Officials
***The current link is the letter to Sharon, please swap with LF letter
Endocrine Society and IPEN: Plastics, EDCs & Health, A Guide for Public Interest Organizations and Policy-Makers on Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and Plastics https://www.endocrine.org/-/media/endocrine/files/topics/edc_guide_2020_v1_6chqennew-version.pdf
Turfgrass Producer’s International: Higher Rates of Lower Extremity Injury on Synthetic Turf Compared with Natural Turf Among National Football League Athletes https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ogUE4lOnWvRi7ZGfren3PRssvZxoVK7q/view
PFAS (Forever Chemicals)
PFAS in Consumer Products: Kristen Mello (WRAFT) and Graham Peaslee (Notre Dame University) speak on PFAS in synthetic turf at NEWMOA on Apr 6 in MA. @19:55
Chemical Leaching
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation: An Assessment of Chemical Leaching https://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/materials_minerals_pdf/crumbrubfr.pdf
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Recycling
PEER: Filed FTC Complaint on False Artificial Turf Recycling Claims
https://peer.org/false-artificial-turf-recycling-claims-ripped/#:~:text=
The City of Lake Forest and Local Organization Documents
Athletic Fied Assessment https://lfparksandrec.com/upload/AthleticFieldAssessmentWeb3.pdf
Green Mind’s Letter to The City of Lake Forest https://drive.google.com/file/d/14GWMHmLr6Ve58HA28w3KnrutVGHfaCw-/view