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Juliet and Indiana Jones Dec 10, 2024

Is this really Million dollar grass, Dad? Such a fine surface. It was great to run around on it today. Did you really stop it from being #syntheticgrass?
(Redevelopment of #HoskenReserve in #CoburgNorth cost at least $10.6 million)
(This is the doc that convinced #Merribek Council not to use #PlasticGrass https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XyYAQwKdLI_ihDxSTDA8YvQ-z772AzvgVrTqZzECdTU/edit

CAMoreland Literature review on Synthetic Turf with annotated bibliography

Submission on Hosken Reserve Refresh and synthetic turf by Climate Action Moreland Abstract: The Hosken Reserve issue is about a failure in transparency and consultation with the local community, and poorly framed triple bottom line decision making by Moreland Council. There are questions abou...

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John Englart Sep 11, 2024

More research to highlight human health risks and toxicity of #plasticgrass:
In vitro endocrine and cardiometabolic toxicity associated with artificial turf materials

#artificialTurf #SyntheticTurf #Toxicology
#sportsfields
#environment
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1382668924002023

In vitro endocrine and cardiometabolic toxicity associated with artificial turf materials

Artificial turf, a consumer product growing in usage in the United States, contains diverse chemicals, some of which are endocrine disruptive. Endocri…

A.Stringer Jun 2, 2024

I'm going to be cynical here. But this is the council who added #plasticgrass to a "regenerated" pedestrian area near the station. It's a vast area with no greenery to speak of, except the plastic kind. So forgive me if I'm sceptical about their rationale behind this new #housingdevelopment.

BBC News: Plans to bulldoze 30 homes defended by council
BBC News - Plans to bulldoze 30 homes defended by council
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cxee0yvlrjmo

#sustainablehousing
#barnsley
#environment
#greenspaces
#climate

Barnsley: Plans to bulldoze 30 homes defended by council

The homes will be replaced with just nine new council properties.

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A.Stringer May 23, 2024

@BrentToderian @dmoser could you add #alttext so I can boost? Also, hope that's not #plasticgrass (anyone know if it is or not)?

John Englart Mar 17, 2024

#PFAS in #syntheticturf: “We put these products out into the environment without truly understanding their fate. Unfortunately, scientists and public health advocates have to scramble and try to put the Genie back in the bottle on this.”
More studies being done on #Artificialturf and human health. #PlasticGrass
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2024/03/12/artificial-turf-pfas-chemicals/

Turf fields may have ‘forever chemicals.’ Should kids be playing on them?

Researchers are conducting studies to determine whether PFAS and other chemicals detected in turf can end up on athletes and pose a risk to their health.

The Washington Post

Juliet and Indiana Jones Mar 16, 2024

Dad did some #citizenScience at 1.10pm: Hot day on #Merribek #PlasticGrass - temperature measurements at Clifton park synthetic pitch:
Ambient Temp 30.4C
Synthetic grass 60C
Concrete path 44C
Green grass in sun 42C
Brown grass in shade 28C
Brown grass in sun 51C #Urbanheat #microplastics

A.Stringer Aug 8, 2023

@officehippy omg. This almost feels worse than outright rejecting nature altogether. How many people have #plasticgrass with pot plants, believing they're doing the right thing? Probably the same people who use pesticides on their plants & chemical cleaners on their lawns. And I bet sales of plastic grass also increase because of that display, completely undermining any positives which otherwise would have been gained. Ugh.

Stuart D Neilson Jul 31, 2023

"#ArtificialLawns are seen as an #environmental #disaster, usurping habitats for insects and wild plants... No bugs, no weeds. That’s why the Springwatch presenter Chris Packham described #ArtificialGrass as the “horticultural #antichrist"."
#AstroTurf #PlasticGrass

Demand down 66%.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/jul/31/plastic-lawn-backlash-fake-grass