Anonymous wrote:The turf fields are much less durable than originally anticipated. Parents should demand grass until there is clear evidence that these turf fields are safe. The size of the black pellets is only slightly larger than sand. The kids inhale the pellets and they get inside their clothing. My child's summer day camp was full of the stuff and he tracked this into our home. California recommends bathing after every exposure to turf fields.

I recommend bathing sweaty kids every day so that should cover it.

Anonymous wrote:There are tons of black women leading DC schools who are lauded. I think Kaya Henderson is great!

Agree with your first statement....but Henderson is an idiot and a joke....and so are you for saying that she is great...name one great thing that she has accomplished....and I am talking about real concrete data.....she has accomplished NOTHING other than take up space....lots of space....maybe she is the one who needs the gym membership....

Completely unnecessary. You are a horrible person.

hi, if it is not the recycled tire stuff it may not be an issue. I would just ask for documentation on what exactly it is. If its at Wilson I'm betting its on all the fields. The quantities though - there is no way of you play any kind of sport you wouldn't get covered in the stuff. I would definitely ask.
Grass bas downsides too - a lot of chemicals can be used to maintain it..
Just ask - it may be perfectly fine..if not, id 'tackle' the issue next .

The turf fields are much less durable than originally anticipated. Parents should demand grass until there is clear evidence that these turf fields are safe. The size of the black pellets is only slightly larger than sand. The kids inhale the pellets and they get inside their clothing. My child's summer day camp was full of the stuff and he tracked this into our home. California recommends bathing after every exposure to turf fields.

This came up in a school renovation meeting and DGS said they no longer use the bad stuff on school fields. Not sure how to verify that though.

Ok I started the turf digression and am giggling here.... But given how popular soccer had become I'm.not sure sacrificing onw or two players a team a year would put folks off the sport . That being said, I would keep my eye on the heaps of the stuff on Wilson field.

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Anonymous wrote:Just an aside - I went jogging in Wilson field this am. Could not help but notice literally PILES of those black crumbs common on artificial turf. Isn't that what people.think is causing cancer in young soccer players / people overexposed to these fields? I hope its NOT the same stuff - why would it be all.over the field very visible and heaped up in the corners in MOUNDS? It definitely was not dirt.

Yes. Half a million soccer players died last year alone for being exposed to those black crumbs. It is horrible, and no one cares.

Half a million soccer players? Really? Worldwide, or just in the US?

Given that US Youth Soccer says there are just over 3 million youth soccer players (of any age) in the US, that would mean that 1 in 6 US youth soccer players died of cancer last year from artificial turf. So that must mean that every youth soccer team in the country lost, on average, about two players.

Dude, not PP, but it was sarcasm.