The small, spongy black beads used as fill material in most artificial turf fields are called crumb rubber, which has long ...

NEW MILFORD — While the consulting firm for the New Milford High School turf field project has pointed to studies finding the material to be safe, some in town still say they believe it’s a potential ...

After reading the letter from a scientific adviser to the recycled rubber council stating that crumb rubber is safe, I asked myself two questions. 1.) Where did his data come from? 2.) Who signs his ...

The Millard school district expects to recoup some of the cost of replacing the synthetic turf at Millard West’s Buell Stadium because it used crumb rubber — ground-up car tires — as filler. The state ...

“Goalkeepers’ relationship with that crumb rubber that’s on the field is much, much deeper than the relationship with an average field player,” Griffin said. After a successful playing career that ...

Most of those synthetic turf fields are cushioned with a material called crumb rubber, made from ground-up used tires. The tiny pellets are loosely distributed as infill between artificial blades of ...

The voices of those opposed to the use of crumb rubber in turf fields and playgrounds have been heard. U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Bill Nelson, D-Fla., wrote a letter to President ...