SHPFI provides facts and research on why natural grass playing fields and natural surface playgrounds are superior to their synthetic imitators.
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Safe Healthy Fields retweeted
Below is proof that artificial turf is not the “all-weather” playing surface it’s promoted to be.
It’s plastic. 🙄
It gets dangerously hot in the sun.
In contrast, real grass, thanks to evapotranspiration, serves as a natural air conditioner.
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Safe Healthy Fields retweeted
“Why does artificial grass pose a threat to the environment?”
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Safe Healthy Fields retweeted
I’m starting to have a really hard time believing that the entire world isn’t just screwing with me. I feel like I’m on the Truman Show. South Park has nothing on this.
Safe Healthy Fields retweeted
“hundreds of artificial turf filaments” 😞
#BanPlasticTurf
Safe Healthy Fields retweeted
State officials in @RhodeIslandDEM warn #burrillville RI about installation of #syntheticturf following #pfas contamination in North Smithfield #toxicturf @SHPFC @PlasticsBeyond @JustZeroOrg @charlesriver #toxicturf #plasticgrass
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Safe Healthy Fields retweeted
🧵#Burrillville Rhode Island Residents are currently fighting a hot toxic plastic grass installation and have engaged in legal action against the project.
👉Please support their GOFUNDME + DONATE NOW👈 gofundme.com/f/ensure-safe-g…
Safe Healthy Fields retweeted
Broken promises: Artificial turf from fields not being recycled bostonglobe.com/2024/07/18/s… via @BostonGlobe
Safe Healthy Fields retweeted
The 🥵 heat is here 🌡️ help collect temperature data at a #syntheticturf or Playground surface near you. All guidance is in the form. @SHPFC @enckj @NOAA @alroker @nrdcadapts_rob @PlasticsCrisis @PoliticalHeat24 #climatecrisis #urbanheat
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#citizenscience
Safe Healthy Fields retweeted
A masterclass in stepping UP!🙌 Keith demonstrates here how we all need to fight this pandemic of plastic carpet that’s poisoning our sports fields, our wildlife and of course ourselves @Sport_England @FootballFoundtn @familyECOlife facebook.com/100081462220341…
Safe Healthy Fields retweeted
“you’ll learn that what makes Todd Haynes’ 2019 film so disturbing is not only that it’s all true, but that each of us is far more intimate with its antagonist than we’d imagine.”
#PFAS
Dark Waters: unsung Todd Haynes legal drama addressing #PFAS #Foreverchemcials is a masterclass in dread theguardian.com/culture/2024…
@Taftlaw @DarkWatersMovie #ExposureBook @Participant @MarkRuffalo @thinkfilmimpact @rightlivelihood
Safe Healthy Fields retweeted
🚨🧵Let’s talk about why you should question everything and look into what companies write in a press release. 🚨 For example: @TenCateGrassUS @TenCateGrass the term Sustainable Plastics maybe on the top ten list of oxymorons. #wishcycling #pfas #plasticgrass
Safe Healthy Fields retweeted
Here’s why: @enckj posted about this 2 days ago. And BIG PS: we can’t “recycle” a god damn ⭐️Starbucks or Dunkin cup so don’t believe for a second a plastic field is recyclable or good for your community’s children.
cc: @jwserrano @Plasticsimpact @PlasticsRebel @SHPFC
Beyond Plastics report slams chemical recycling as a ‘dangerous deception’ | Waste Dive wastedive.com/news/beyond-pl…
Safe Healthy Fields retweeted
Latest in @PhillyInquirer’s artificial turf investigative series by @barbaralaker and @dgambacorta with 📸 by @monica_herndon inquirer.com/news/pennsylvan… – at Pennsylvania, USA
Safe Healthy Fields retweeted
Re-Match secured state incentives to open a recycling plant in 2022. It hasn't happened yet.
Meanwhile, thousands of rolls of artificial turf, containing PFAS, are piled up on farms.
Here's how Pa. became a dumping ground for discarded artificial turf: inquirer.com/news/pennsylvan…
Safe Healthy Fields retweeted
Burning plastic with or without oxygen, with or without added chemicals is harmful to the the environment & human health and is NOT 'recycling'! It gobbles fuel just to do the deed & creates more waste & pollution Just #BreakFreeFromPlastic ! @SHPFC @AAAS_SciComm @AAAS_SRJ
Join @plasticsbeyond & @toxicsfree Nov. 28 & dive into their #ChemicalRecycling report’s findings with experts. 🔗 ow.ly/h5Hl50Q33Wc #PlasticPollutes #BreakFreeFromPlastic
Safe Healthy Fields retweeted
U.S. regulators will review car-tire chemical that kills salmon, upon request from West Coast tribes. Huge step forward! #6PPD has been found in used tired crumb #ToxicTurf playing fields and has been found to be bioaccessible. @tttonytian @SHPFC uk.news.yahoo.com/u-regulato…
Safe Healthy Fields retweeted
Recommendation: “halt the installation of new turf fields in NSW until proper remediation has occurred.”
“… there is no way to contain this plastic runoff… the plastic breaks down & releases toxic chemicals & heavy metals into the ecosystem.”
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Safe Healthy Fields retweeted
Mistakenly some thought
-compacted soil
-rain
-heavy use
meant artificial turf was needed.
But, w/soil scientist, grass field was reconstructed w/best practices & amended w/300tons of composted garden organics.
Now:
“49 hrs/wk play”
“Everyone LOVES it!”
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Safe Healthy Fields retweeted
What’s wrong with artificial turf?
Everything.
Hear it from
@bennettpeer
@mrMattSimon
@UniBarcelona researcher
@citizensenviro
Watch & share this webinar with your decision-makers: youtu.be/w24A3Th8JDE
Safe Healthy Fields retweeted
We’ll never recycle our way out of the plastic disaster: today we have… maybe(?) 6% recycling… Maybe? #TurnOffTheTop Thank you @NC4HR @bennettpeer @PEERorg @enckj @PlasticsBeyond @SHPFC @sierraclubmd @theintercept
