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Child playing on artificial turfThat was the message from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) regarding concerns of harmful levels of lead in artificial turf. The CPSC released their findings last week after a nationwide evaluation of artificial grass playing surfaces over the past several months. The surfaces tested ranged in age from 10 years installed to less than one year installed and in all cases there was no risk of harmful exposure to lead for children playing on the grass.

"Parents should not be concerned about harmful levels of lead in artificial turf," CPSC spokesperson Julie Vallese said. Newer surfaces "generally had the lowest levels," a summary of the evaluation said, and while "small amounts of lead were detected on the surface of the older fields, none of these tested fields released amounts of lead that would be harmful to children."

As a precaution, the CPSC is also urging for the adoption of voluntary standards to "preclude the use of lead in future products." As the manufacturer of many types of synthetic grass yarn, SYNLawn is committed to working with the Synthetic Turf Council (STC) on the development of these standards.

For more news on the Consumer Product Safety Commission's announcement of artificial turf safety see the article from USA Today.

For more information regarding the Synthetic Turf Council's commitment of reducing lead content in artificial turf see the article from The Wall Street Journal Market Watch.