A.C. Blumenthal

Create confusion and fear in the minds of parents leverage for their children and the heart well-being, a group of passionate environmental emerged this summer with a mission. Their efforts have cost thousands of dollars in local funding and consulting fees, delays in building new sports fields, frayed nerves and strained relations. The net result of this group's efforts so far the test results are inconclusive and an independent, a bit selfish report provided no new information or answers other than "further studies are needed" on issues they raised.

Crumb Rubber infill is irrefutable proof of new some want to see a security lock on and throw in the closet. The consensus of industry professionals and residents of the East Coast, seems to lean towards the definition of a small group of grass roots efforts as a smokescreen "simple", clouding the real issue of how public demand for sports play on the ground in schools and parks are resources available surfactants and despite the obvious need of the community and the interests of everyone to seek alternatives to natural resources Playground grass, this group wants to obstruct the decision to make the investments needed to build a case against him, in effect add additional hidden costs in the process, imposition of public and private funds .

Each security report published and there are hundreds that have been made over the years has clearly indicated that no overwhelming evidence exists that involve our health or the environment is at risk using artificial turf and crumb filling rubber-like surface materials for playgrounds, lawns and sports entertainment venues.

For every article written about the "dangers" of crumb rubber infill that surfaces High-dresses artificial turf, offering resiliency and UV protection for the blades, there are 20 more stories proudly describing years of loyal service, the lower maintenance costs and water use, water district records for approving the use of artificial turf in the form of discounts and announcements of new funding artificial turf fields for public use, for hundreds of thousands of people around the world. View current rebates and artificial turf Index Industry News and Events ASGI.

Public Calendars - Private funding

Without publicly disclose his plans "trickle toxic free" solutions on the natural terrain of his group favors while pursuing additional funding to continue his studies of dangers "possible" crumb rubber infill artificial turf his group wants to prevent being built seems duplicitous Nancy Alderman, president and spokesperson of EHHI, Environment and Human Health, Inc., the beneficiary so far of $ 2,000 in grant money to "study" potential problems of human health and the environment from the use of recycled crumb rubber infill.

The initial grant has been invested in a study conducted by EHHI 30 days. Their report led to nothing new and merely stated the obvious, that there was no "smoking guns" found, with the warning that something might have been missed in the analysis and the question would require more time and additional funds for the ongoing study.

Published studies of existing good reputation, recognized sources

The wealth of existing studies published by the known world, deemed scientific sources and college seems to elude researchers EHHI. A current list of scientific publications, independent research is in line with the ASGI Pages Environmental Impact Studies Index. Artificial turf has been widely used in sports facilities for over 40 years crumb rubber infill was added to the system in late 1980, it is not a new science or engineering, it is a healthy environment , stable, growing market with sustainable products. crumb rubber i.