Artificial turf and lead: another agency chimes in

Earlier this year, we had the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issuing a health advisory for certain artificial turf surfaces. Now, the staff of the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) has concluded that young children are not at risk from exposure to lead in these fields. For those of you into wipe sampling methodology, the CPCS evaluation has some interesting details about the assumptions and limitations of the study underlying their conclusion.