NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams ran a follow up story tonight on the use of shredded rubber tires on playgrounds. Some parents are not permitting their children on these playgrounds. Dr. Philip Landrigan, dean of global health at New York's Mt. Sinai Hospital and a top expert on the effect of chemicals on children believes that children under ten shouldn't be anywhere near it.
Here is the video link to the NBC Nightly News Investigation Report.
http://www.nbcnews.com/watch/nightly-news/are-recycled-tires-used-in-playgrounds-a-health-risk--366304835835
Brian Williams reported that towns all across the country want to remove their artificial turf. Her n Mt. Lebanon, our defiant commissioners and staff are turfing on!
The Environmental Protection Agency acknowledges that more studies of crumb rubber need to be done, and has retracted an earlier assurance that crumb rubber turf is safe. Both the EPA and the Consumer Product Safety Commission, however, recommend and promote rubber mulch.
Here is the video link to the NBC Nightly News Investigation Report.
http://www.nbcnews.com/watch/nightly-news/are-recycled-tires-used-in-playgrounds-a-health-risk--366304835835
Brian Williams reported that towns all across the country want to remove their artificial turf. Her n Mt. Lebanon, our defiant commissioners and staff are turfing on!