"They smell so bad." Mom issues warning about dangerous product in playgrounds across the nation: 'Could be the most toxic ...

Rubber mulch didn't start as a gardening product; it found its niche as a bouncy, soft surface for children's playgrounds with a lower injury risk than hard surfaces. From there, rubber mulch ...

You might not consider that lawns profit from mulching, but unless you use a leaf catcher each time, you are mulching your ...

Yale chemist Gaboury Benoit, whose work was funded by Environmental and Human Health Inc. (EHHI), examined 14 samples of crumb rubber infill and playground mulch last year and identified 96 ...

The Park Board doesn't use tire mulch on playgrounds in Minneapolis, but has crumb rubber infill in eight synthetic athletic fields, making them far more durable than natural fields and providing ...

The playground materials used at the Brigantine schools are state approved, nontoxic rubber mulch, Glenn Robbins, superintendent/principal of the Brigantine Public School District, said Tuesday.

Her children played on playgrounds placed atop sand and mulch. But, today, when she drives around her Bethesda, Md., neighborhood, all Zuckerman sees are rubber playgrounds. The sight concerns ...

The result has been a community campaign to start removing the rubber mulch from local playgrounds and replace it with safer alternatives. It all started with a University of Wisconsin-La Crosse ...

rubber mulch and artificial turf reached 167 degrees Fahrenheit, proof that even on tolerable days, playgrounds can get dangerously hot. Other equipment can trap heat, too. Metal bars and frames ...