Learn more about artificial turf
What's the true cost of synthetic turf?
When you think about it, the whole concept of making grass from plastic is crazy. It causes so much pollution and leads to so many problems. Might as well cut down the forests too so we can replace all the trees with plastic ones. Longwood Gardens could have plastic blooms year-round. Who needs nature!
In fact, let's just make everything from fossil fuels, and dump it all every ten years. No worries that it will make us all sicker, since it will probably affect our brains too, and we might just become too sick and weak-minded to notice what's happened.
Artificial turf is truly bad stuff. Its plastic grass made from toxic fossil fuel petrochemicals. It can't be recycled and eventually breaks down into microplastics, which as you know are literally everywhere and continuing to build up in the environment and inside all of us.
The expected life of an artificial turf field is only 8-10 years. And there is no great way to dispose of it all. Incinerate it and pollute our air and water? Throw it in the landfill?
Plastic grass gets so hot in the summer sun that it can melt and burn athletes. Even in cooler temps, athletes that dive and slide on it get nasty burns and abrasions that allow toxic compounds to get into the wound causing infections. Tire crumb, which is often used as a cushion, has been shown to cause cancer in athletes.
There's no doubt about it. For our children’s health, natural grass is the only way to go.
Please peruse the links and videos below to learn more.