PFAS

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 alternative to natural grass that always looks lush and doesn’t require heavy watering. But while this popular synthetic material is marketed as eco-friendly, it has also long attracted controversy – for decades, environmental and health advocates have expressed concern about the chemical byproducts of the turf’s plastic fibers.

New Testing Reveals High Levels of Toxic PFAS in Artificial Turf

Today the nonprofit watchdog Center for Environmental Health (CEH) sent legal notices to Home Depot and Lowe’s for selling artificial turf found to contain high levels of perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS). PFOS is one of the most studied toxic PFAS chemicals, also known as “forever chemicals.” Exposure to PFOS can cause adverse health effects, including cancer and reproductive harm. Home Depot and Lowe’s failed to warn its customers of potential exposure to PFOS in its Lifeproof, Traffic Master, and SYNlush artificial turf products, as required under California’s consumer health protection law, Proposition 65.

Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in Soil / Biosolids

The method is for determination of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in soil/sediment/biosolid samples by high performance liquid chromatography/triple quadrupole mass spectrometry (HPLC/MS/MS). All results are corrected for labelled surrogate recoveries and reported as received on a wet weight basis.