Anonymous
Post 03/23/2012 09:29     Subject: Exercise fields on very busy roads
beware all the things!
Anonymous
Post 03/23/2012 09:06     Subject: Exercise fields on very busy roads
And don't forget the electromagnetic fields. Also the lyme disease.
Anonymous
Post 03/23/2012 09:04     Subject: Re:Exercise fields on very busy roads
Fear the brownies in the lunchroom.
Anonymous
Post 03/23/2012 00:24     Subject: Exercise fields on very busy roads
I am all for playing on grass, but OP is kinda...extreme? I guess if you're that worried you should not enroll at one of those schools.
Anonymous
Post 03/22/2012 23:44     Subject: Exercise fields on very busy roads
Here's a 2009 site that talks about "minced tires" and children's health. The Swedes and Italians seem to find it too toxic to be used. Wimps.

www.globalhealingcenter.com/natural-health/is-artificial-turf-safe/
Anonymous
Post 03/22/2012 23:34     Subject: Exercise fields on very busy roads
NPS!
Anonymous
Post 03/22/2012 22:06     Subject: Exercise fields on very busy roads
Good reason for DC to implement peak hours driving fees like London has done and New York has proposed.
Anonymous
Post 03/22/2012 21:44     Subject: Exercise fields on very busy roads
While you're at it, why not keep your child at home in a bubble suit?
Anonymous
Post 03/22/2012 21:35     Subject: Exercise fields on very busy roads
Better to fear the residual chemicals baking out of the ground up tires that give that nice bounce to the fake turf fields.
Anonymous
Post 03/22/2012 21:34     Subject: Exercise fields on very busy roads
I thought you were referring to crossing busy streets ie St Patricks for their new field. Pollution....I wish I lived in a less city air area but for us..DC is our business option that makes financial sense
Anonymous
Post 03/22/2012 21:28     Subject: Exercise fields on very busy roads
Anonymous wrote:Not silly IMO. Research it.


NW DC is not a high air pollution area within the meaning of such research.
Anonymous
Post 03/22/2012 20:40     Subject: Exercise fields on very busy roads
Not silly IMO. Research it.
Anonymous
Post 03/22/2012 20:20     Subject: Exercise fields on very busy roads
This is just silly, OP.
Anonymous
Post 03/22/2012 20:16     Subject: Exercise fields on very busy roads
Anonymous wrote:Is anyone else bothered by the fact that some NW private schools have sports and/or recess fields on very busy, polluted streets? It is well documented that breathing polluted air/ particles while exercising in particular, especially if you are young, is unhealthy. What do physician parents out there think?


If this is not a spoof post, my thoughts are:

1. Childhood obesity is unhealthy too;
2. This ain't Mexico City we're talking here;
3. Nice try Bullis.
Anonymous
Post 03/22/2012 20:11     Subject: Exercise fields on very busy roads
Is anyone else bothered by the fact that some NW private schools have sports and/or recess fields on very busy, polluted streets? It is well documented that breathing polluted air/ particles while exercising in particular, especially if you are young, is unhealthy. What do physician parents out there think?