Heat and Health Impacts

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Football NSW Extreme Heat POlicy – 2023

This policy provides evidence-based guidance for protecting the health of those participating in football and …

Guidelines, Heat and Health Impacts
As the world heats up, so does the debate around artificial turf

Artificial turf carpets athletic fields, playgrounds, and residential lawns across the US, offering a low-maintenance …

General Information, Heat and Health Impacts, PFAS
Synthetic turf in public spaces – Chemical composition of materials

The NSW government is investigating the impact of synthetic turf on the safety and amenity …

General Information, Heat and Health Impacts, Microplastics, PFAS
Synthetic Turf Toolkit

Document prepared by Turf Australia in …

** Latest Documents For Review, Best Practice Natural Turf, Biodiversity, Heat and Health Impacts, Microplastics, PFAS, Turf Australia
Study finds toxic cocktail in synthetic turf

A Sky News Investigation has lifted the lid on synthetic sports fields and the cocktail …

Heat and Health Impacts, Media, Microplastics, PFAS, Synthetic Fields
FIFA Quality Programme for Football Turf Handbook of Requirements (2015 Edition)

The manufacturer should be asked to supply to the purchaser an assurance that the sports …

FIFA, Heat and Health Impacts, Microplastics, NSW Draft Guidelines For Decision Makers - Synthetic Turf, Turf waste and recycling
Systematic Assessment of Surface Temperatures and Associated Environmental Impacts – Dr Sebastian Pfautsch

Synthetic turf is also widely used in playgrounds of parks, schools, early learning centres and …

Heat and Health Impacts, NSW Draft Guidelines For Decision Makers - Synthetic Turf
Sports, Climate Change and Legal Liability – 2024 Report from EDO – Full report

This report from the Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) makes a compelling, and at times alarming, …

Heat and Health Impacts, NSW Draft Guidelines For Decision Makers - Synthetic Turf
Sports, Climate Change and Legal Liability – 2024 Report from EDO – Summary

As the most well-resourced and influential stakeholders in the sporting world, sporting governing bodies (particularly …

Heat and Health Impacts, NSW Draft Guidelines For Decision Makers - Synthetic Turf, Reports
Artificial Turf: A Health-Based Consumer Guide

Based upon the presence of known toxic substances in tire rubber and the lack of …

Heat and Health Impacts, PFAS
Eight takeaways from The Inquirer’s yearlong investigation into ‘forever chemicals’

Sprinturf, the turf’s manufacturer, had assured the city that the field was PFAS-free, and shared …

Heat and Health Impacts, PFAS
Climate change creates legal risks for sports organisations and directors: report

Climate change and extreme weather are already affecting the sports we love and putting the …

Heat and Health Impacts
Dangerous Play: Studies find harmful ‘forever chemicals’ in artificial turf fields

Right now in Philly it feels like you can’t open the newspaper or turn on …

Heat and Health Impacts, PFAS
PFOS on hands of soccer players and coaches on artificial turf vs grass

Test results for preliminary study PFOS on hands of soccer players and coaches on artificial …

Heat and Health Impacts, PFAS
Artificial Turf and Children’s Health

Infographic developed by the Mount Sinai Children’s Environmental Health Center (www.cehcenter.org) and Transdisciplinary Center on …

Heat and Health Impacts
Urban Runoff Mortality Syndrome (URMS): 6-PPD quinone & HMMM

Eurofins Environment Testing Australia now offers the targeted analysis of 6-PPD quinone & HMMM by …

Heat and Health Impacts, Microplastics, PFAS, Turf waste and recycling
Norman Griffiths Oval, West Pymble – Position Paper

How a large Synthetic Turf Sports Field was approved near an ecologically sensitive environment at …

Environment, Heat and Health Impacts, Microplastics, Norman Griffiths Oval - Pymble NSW, NTA Public Correspondence, Reports
Synthetic turf used in sports fields – NSW EPA

The design and use of synthetic turf on community sporting fields and any environmental impacts …

Biodiversity, Heat and Health Impacts, Microplastics
Turf it out – Is it time to say good bye to artificial grass?

It’s neat, easy – and a staggering £2bn global market. But as plastic grass takes …

Biodiversity, General Information, Heat and Health Impacts, Microplastics, PFAS
Synthetic Turf – Industry’s claims versus the science

A careful analysis of studies that industry uses to justify safety …

General Information, Heat and Health Impacts
Artificial Turf – Contested Terrains for Precautionary Public Health with Particular Reference to Europe

Heat and Health Impacts
Artificial Turf: Chemical Analysis

Findings of a chemical analysis conducted at Yale University on crumb rubber infill used in …

General Information, Heat and Health Impacts
Extreme Heat Policy – Sports Medicine Australia – 2021-02

Heat and Health Impacts
Epidemiology of exertional heat illnesses in organised sports: A systematic review – 2020

Heat and Health Impacts
Impact of Alternative Synthetic Turf Infills on Athlete Performance and Safety – 2020

Heat and Health Impacts
Can’t stand the heat? Plant a tree – Pfautsch S – 2021-11-10

Heat and Health Impacts
Heat risks associated with synthetic athletic fields – Abraham J – 2019

Heat and Health Impacts
Literature Review on environmental and health impacts of synthetic turf – 2021-04

Heat and Health Impacts
Conveying the benefits of living turf ‐ Mitigation of the urban heat island effect – Siebentritt

Heat and Health Impacts
Temperature Gradients – Natural vs Synthetic Fields – Turf Australia

This video highlights the benefits of natural turf in providing a cooler option for sports …

Heat and Health Impacts, Synthetic Fields