WYFF News 4 Investigates is digging into the debate over crumb rubber turf. Those are playgrounds and athletic fields made of pieces of recycled tires. M.J. Phillips, a soccer player and youth coach ...

Parents with kids in the Edmonds School District are protesting a new synthetic turf sports playfield. Many of them, like April Osborne, worry about anecdotal evidence linking crumb rubber turf to ...

Washington state health officials say artificial turf that contains crumb rubber does not appear to cause cancer. Crum rubber is commonly made from old tires. In 2009, Amy Griffin, a coach for the ...

A high school in Burien, Washington has scrapped its plan to use crumb rubber turf in its new football field because of potential safety concerns raised in an NBC News investigation, school officials ...

Lawmakers call for federal probe of the artificial playing surface. — -- Washington lawmakers today called for an independent federal investigation into crumb rubber, citing lingering health ...

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WASHINGTON (WLS) -- The Environmental Protection Agency will investigate recycled tire crumbs used as artificial turf after many athletes questioned their safety. Concerns about recycled tire crumb ...

MONTVALE – In the debate over turf-field materials — crumb rubber versus alternative infills that some say are safer — the borough will split the difference. To replace the synthetic turf field at ...

DENVER (CBS4) – A new government study to determine if athletic fields made from recycled tires are safe is creating complex issues for school districts that have already installed them. In February, ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. (Feb. 10, 2017)— A newly issued analysis from the Washington State Department of Health (WSDOH) concluded there is no evidence that cancer rates among young athletes are increased by ...