FRIDAY HARBOR, Wash. - Parents on San Juan Island are worried that the Friday Harbor Elementary School playground could be hazardous to their kids' health. The playground contains "crumb rubber," tiny ...

For years, the Environmental Protection Agency has endorsed the use of ground-up tires to cushion the surfaces of children's playgrounds and sports fields -- a decision now being reconsidered because ...

WASHINGTON (ABC7) — There’s no hiding 5-year-old Sam loves playing at Washington D.C. parks, but his mother can’t help but think what if. “He fell about two and a half feet and broke his leg,” Eliza ...

We’re days away from learning if a rubber material used on playgrounds and athletic fields are safe for children. Three federal agencies are researching the health risks of rubber tire crumb. Their ...

WEST HARTFORD >> If U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal’s children were still playing high school sports, he might think twice about letting them play on synthetic turf fields made or infilled with crumb ...

The balance of politics and scientific evidence might finally be shifting against the proliferation of artificial playground and athletic-field surfaces made of ground-up tires. After decades of use, ...