Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Dutch are soccer-obsessed, but they also give a crap about children’s health.

Netherlands
Has decided to ban artificial soccer fields entirely by 2030, citing potential cancer risks associated with artificial grass. A study found that rubber crumb used in artificial turf contained carcinogenic compounds at levels 1.5–3.7 times higher than allowed in consumer products

They classify fertilizer and herbicide as causing cancer. They also pay taxes to maintenance existing fields and create more fields including mowing. If you do not do the maintenance on grass fields including mowing, watering, seeding, fertilizer, herbicide application, aeration and repairs it is a dangerous surface to play on. These grass field need to be rested.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Relying on grass fields destroys kid sports in DC. They close at any hint of rain. Turf fields mean kids can play unless there’s thunder/lightening. Replacing grass with turf is not a universally bad idea.

I don’t understand this. We lived in dc for years, and the grass fields closed a ridiculous amount of times. We moved to nova, and they really only close when there’s thunder or lightening. Yes, by the end of a soccer or lacrosse season the fields look horrible and have lots of dirt patches, but I’ll take that any day over my kids playing in chopped up tire parts laden with chemicals.

Anonymous wrote:The Dutch are soccer-obsessed, but they also give a crap about children’s health.

Netherlands
Has decided to ban artificial soccer fields entirely by 2030, citing potential cancer risks associated with artificial grass. A study found that rubber crumb used in artificial turf contained carcinogenic compounds at levels 1.5–3.7 times higher than allowed in consumer products

Anonymous wrote:Yes, I don’t think this was OP’s intend, but this threat does point out the ridiculousness of the the comparison of the “outrage” by Chevy Chase neighbors to the Maret turf field. Both the largest middle school and high school in DC (Deal and Jackson-Reed) have had turf fields for well over a decade and no one has expressed the level of outrage and concern for all the public school students going through those schools. But for some reason the development of a turf field near certain homeowner’s properties is now a major public health crisis.

Anonymous wrote:The Dutch are soccer-obsessed, but they also give a crap about children’s health.

Netherlands
Has decided to ban artificial soccer fields entirely by 2030, citing potential cancer risks associated with artificial grass. A study found that rubber crumb used in artificial turf contained carcinogenic compounds at levels 1.5–3.7 times higher than allowed in consumer products

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Deal is in a different ANC.

It physically sits in a different ANC, but it is the middle school for this area.

And also is why OP was pointing out that the ANC's majority proposal to seek/flag a city-wide exemption and not just a single project is a better idea.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Relying on grass fields destroys kid sports in DC. They close at any hint of rain. Turf fields mean kids can play unless there’s thunder/lightening. Replacing grass with turf is not a universally bad idea.

If you had three times as many grass fields, you could spread the wear and tear around more. That would make the fields hold up to rain better.

No you would have to have one field for games but could only play once or twice a week. The fertilizer and weed killers are harmful to the environment, pets and anyone who plays on the field. Some are listed as cancer causing. The maintenance issue and environmental impacts of grass field are worst vs artificial fields.

Fertilizers and weed killers aren't needed for a run of the mill field. Heck, considering the amount of leaf waste that the city already collects there's an existing supply of "free" compost we already pay for.

The fact that Deal is already replacing it's artificial turf field puts a big question mark on those maintenance claims as well.

Anonymous wrote:The Dutch are soccer-obsessed, but they also give a crap about children’s health.

Netherlands
Has decided to ban artificial soccer fields entirely by 2030, citing potential cancer risks associated with artificial grass. A study found that rubber crumb used in artificial turf contained carcinogenic compounds at levels 1.5–3.7 times higher than allowed in consumer products

Anonymous wrote:Deal is in a different ANC.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Relying on grass fields destroys kid sports in DC. They close at any hint of rain. Turf fields mean kids can play unless there’s thunder/lightening. Replacing grass with turf is not a universally bad idea.

If you had three times as many grass fields, you could spread the wear and tear around more. That would make the fields hold up to rain better.

No you would have to have one field for games but could only play once or twice a week. The fertilizer and weed killers are harmful to the environment, pets and anyone who plays on the field. Some are listed as cancer causing. The maintenance issue and environmental impacts of grass field are worst vs artificial fields.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PVC doesn't contain any carbon-fluorine bonds. It's not a PFAS.

Some PVC are not PFAS, but some are. The ones that aren't are generally produced using even worse chemicals for health like mercury or abestos. See this report summarizing an analysis of the industry and product by an European commission. Emphasis on pages 7-12 with a section on PFAS based production of PVC as the "newer" tech to produce PVC by the industry.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Relying on grass fields destroys kid sports in DC. They close at any hint of rain. Turf fields mean kids can play unless there’s thunder/lightening. Replacing grass with turf is not a universally bad idea.

I don’t understand this. We lived in dc for years, and the grass fields closed a ridiculous amount of times. We moved to nova, and they really only close when there’s thunder or lightening. Yes, by the end of a soccer or lacrosse season the fields look horrible and have lots of dirt patches, but I’ll take that any day over my kids playing in chopped up tire parts laden with chemicals.