Players in the girls 2014 pre-academy soccer team practice at Cubberley’s turf soccer field in Palo Alto on January 28, 2025. Photo by Anna Hoch-Kenney. It’s a dark and frigid Tuesday night but the ...

A push to replace a dozen synthetic high school fields with real grass from those concerned about the environmental hazards associated with artificial turf was shot down amid concerns the switch would ...

Yale epidemiologist Vasilis Vasiliou won’t let any of his five children play on artificial turf fields. His research on the infill for synthetic turf — typically ground-up tires — identified the ...

PFAS is a 'forever chemical' potentially linked to health risks. Massachusetts has enacted a ban on PFAS in firefighting gear, which goes into effect in 2027. Three synthetic turf fields in Worcester ...