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Evaluating and Regulating Lead in Synthetic Turf

Author(s) -

Gregory V Ulirsch,

Kevin J. Gleason,

Shawn Gerstenberger,

Daphne B. Moffett,

Glenn Pulliam,

Tariq Ahmed,

Jerald Fagliano

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

environmental health perspectives

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257

H-Index - 282

eISSN - 1552-9924

pISSN - 0091-6765

DOI - 10.1289/ehp.1002239

Subject(s) - lead (geology) , interim , environmental science , recreation , environmental health , hazard , business , environmental protection , medicine , geography , chemistry , biology , paleontology , ecology , archaeology , organic chemistry

In 2007, a synthetic turf recreational field in Newark, New Jersey, was closed because lead was found in synthetic turf fibers and in surface dust at concentrations exceeding hazard criteria. Consequently, public health professionals across the country began testing synthetic turf to determine whether it represented a lead hazard. Currently, no standardized methods exist to test for lead in synthetic turf or to assess lead hazards.

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