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Water Authority Reinstates Synthetic Turf Incentive Program
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La Prensa San Diego
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August 15, 2008
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The San Diego County Water Authority today reinstated its synthetic turf incentive program after a U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) report that concluded that young children are not at risk from exposure to lead in newer synthetic turf fields.
On July 30, the CPSC released its evaluation of various synthetic athletic fields. The CPSC evaluation indicated that newer fields either had no lead or generally had the lowest lead levels. Although small amounts of lead were detected on the surface of fields as old as nine years, none of these tested fields released amounts of lead that would be harmful to children. The CPSC report is available at: ...
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