I recall seeing this story last year. It recently came up again as one of the clubs Everton America play against have just had their application for a turf turned down due to the pellets and Wilton High School, who will be replacing their turf next year will no doubt be aware.

I trained on turf at Greens Farms Academy the other week which used different material from the tyre pellets.

Read the article here.

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/artificial-turf-debate/how-safe-artificial-turf-your-child-plays-n220166

Read another article about the facts of playing on turf and how it affects the game.

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