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. Citing surging demand for soccer fields, a new ...

One of the biggest topics of the NFL season came into renewed focus this week at the league’s fall meetings: players’ preference for natural grass playing fields over artificial turf. In September, ...

If you have a child that plays football or soccer, chances are that they've probably played on synthetic turf. But there are growing concerns over the safety of these popular fields, and a local ...

The artificial turf market is expanding rapidly as water conservation policies, climate resilience planning, and lower lifecycle maintenance needs to drive adoption beyond sports into landscaping and ...

More fake lawns may be coming to your neighborhood. From the front yards of West Miami-Dade to the waterfront mansions of Fort Lauderdale, artificial turf is appearing more and more. And with the ...

When Wethersfield residents this summer argued about the hazards of artificial turf fields, they were playing out the local version of a debate that’s been going on across the country — and with a ...

Summer may be over, but there’s a hot debate brewing that’s becoming more intense and thought provoking by the day, and it’s all about — grass? Yes, grass. As school districts look to resurface their ...

Many synthetic turf fields are believed to be made with PFAS. The grass may be greener if it's made of synthetic turf, but some communities are raising concerns about "forever chemicals" that may be ...

When you let your kids outside on a sunny day, be warned: they might be playing on a bed of toxic chemicals. Artificial turf has become an increasingly popular alternative to grass, but its ...

It's an ongoing debate in soccer circles whether artificial turf is good for the sport. To host an international soccer game, a university recently had to truck in grass to cover its turf. Tonight, ...

A correction to an earlier version of this article has been appended to the end of the article. In a controversial move, Sunnyvale will continue to allow future facilities to have artificial turf ...

As Santa Clara County supervisors consider a proposed artificial turf ban on county-owned land, parents and activists are pointing to the disposal of a local high school’s old field to highlight ...