September 16, 2024: NCHR president Dr. Diana Zuckerman submitted a public comment to City of Los Angeles Officials on the dangers and potential health impacts of artificial turf.
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Letter to Sunnyvale, CA City Council on Artificial Turf and Playground Surfaces
August 25, 2024: Letter from NCHR President Dr. Diana Zuckerman to officials in Sunnyvale, CA to support the proposed ban of artificial turf for city-owned property and explain the health impacts of turf and playground surfaces.
Read More »Featured Presentation by Diana Zuckerman at the CDC Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program Annual Meeting
December 5, 2023: Dr. Diana Zuckerman was the featured speaker at the CDC’s annual childhood lead prevention (CLPPP) meeting in Atlanta, explaining the risks of lead in artificial turf, playground surfaces, recycled rubber tiles, and rubber mulch for plants. Here is her presentation with the photos from her slides.
Read More »Letter to NJ officials in Montclair and Essex County Regarding Harms from Artificial Turf
October 30, 2023: NCHR president Dr. Diana Zuckerman wrote a letter to NJ officials in Montclair and Essex County explaining why lead, PFAS, and other chemicals in artificial turf and rubber playground surfaces harm children’s health and safety.
Read More »Are PIP rubber playgrounds safe for Kingston?
Kingston Wire, October 23, 2023: NCHR president Diana Zuckerman’s oped in the Kingston (NY) Wire explains the risks to children of lead and other toxic chemicals in PIP rubber playground surfaces and artificial turf in Kingston and other communities.
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