Thread by @tirelessdc

Media coverage in DC on plastic fields and rubberized playgrounds (PIP). Field failures, burns, breaks, and more! Links to individual stories in this extensive thread. Photo credit @DCDGS spreading actual tons of synthetic pellets that will end up in lungs, mouths, + waterways.

9/17 “There's no disclosure. There's no waiver. There is no consent. There is no knowledge...parents are uninformed. They assume that if it is in their children's field in a public school somebody has tested..That's not the case.” @MikeQReports @wusa9 wusa9.com/news/local/dc/…

9/18/17 @DCist @Rachel_Sadon
"That person sent repeated messages to school and city officials...asking for the results of an annual test...
The field had already failed the annual test and the city had not taken steps to fix the problem."
dcist.com/2017/09/turf_3…

9/20/17 @AimeeCho4 @nbcwashington "You don’t think they need to be wearing safety gear just to go to recess.” nbcwashington.com/news/local/Tur…

3/18/17 @washingtonpost "MRSA...can lead to pneumonia, sepsis and bloodstream infections that can prove fatal. An MRSA infection can happen after skin is scraped or cut, which can occur from sliding on artificial turf." washingtonpost.com/national/healt…

9/29/17 @MikeQReports @wusa9 "The artificial fields were first tested in April and May, and the results came back in June...The city put signs on fences of those fields affected in August."
wusa9.com/news/local/dc/…

9/18/17 @EvanLambertTV @fox5dc "...when studies have been done, they find a wide range of very toxic materials..that can cause children to have attention deficit problems, can exacerbate asthma or obesity and can even in the long run cause cancer."
fox5dc.com/news/local-new…

9/19/17 @evanlamber @EvanLambertTV @fox5dc "Teeter tried to assure parents that the field materials are safe, but many remained skeptical and are advocates of natural grass options." fox5dc.com/news/local-new…

To note: The new replacement field discussed in this Sept 2017 article fell apart and is closed as of 9/7/2018. fox5dc.com/news/local-new…

9/21/17 @kojoshow @Nnamdikid Does Fake Grass Get a Pass
thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2017-09-…

9/20/17 @DCist @Rachel_Sadon

"...we want professionals that are not being paid by the industry to provide analysis and research and information."

dcist.com/2017/09/dc_wil…

9/20/17 @NWCurrent "We find the playground situation disgraceful and frankly absurd. It’s bad enough that the District failed to build and maintain safe play facilities, but officials’ refusal to tell citizens...what was happening is unconscionable."
currentnewspapers.com/staff-editoria…

9/20/17 @DCist @Rachel_Sadon"Here you have the city openly admitting that we need to study this more...and they're going right ahead and putting this thing that we need to study beneath our kids feet,in their shoes, and possibly their lungs, and mouths."
dcist.com/2017/09/dc_wil…

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