By Caitlin Gibson September 23, 2015
For many athletes who play on artificial turf, the tiny granules of rubber that pad the field are familiar and ubiquitous. The black specks often get trapped in folds of clothing, carried home in shoes or embedded in scrapes and under fingernails.
Crumb rubber infill — the most common material used in artificial turf fields across the country — is intended to improve safety and create a more accessible, easily maintained playing field. But after recent public concerns about possible health risks from exposure to crumb rubber, several local jurisdictions are searching for clearer answers about its potential dangers and considering alternatives.
The issue is a modern one.
The alternative! Yes, an amazing discovery. GRASS.
Just ask anybody who lives near RHS how they kept finding the stuff in their gardens and house, or the kids who played on it, or their parents. It’s not as if we had no experience with this horrible stuff. NO MORE TURF OR CRUMB RUBBER. It’s named that for a reason.