Rubber playground surface material may protect kids from some injuries but be harboring a different source of harm, a study in Boston suggests. Researchers tested lead levels in the soil, sand, mulch ...

It’s bouncy and may remind you to change your snow tires. It also may be the newest feature at parks across the city. Lawrence Parks and Recreation crews recently installed chopped-up rubber tires ...

A group of Duluth parents made their case for replacing the rubber mulch at the Duluth school district's playgrounds with wood fiber after they became concerned about chemicals in the rubber. Duluth ...

Many communities are renovating playgrounds using materials that were never proven safe for children's long-term use. As a scientist and a grandparent, I'm very concerned that young children are being ...

A group of parents is asking the Duluth school district to replace rubber playground mulch before federal agencies studying its effects release their recommendations. The Duluth School Board held a ...

RubbeRecycle of Lakewood grinds up millions of tires a year, creating rubber mulch. Much of that mulch is used as matting in playgrounds. (Courtesy of RubbeRecycle) ENGLEWOOD - A church has sued the ...

D.C. Department of General Services Director Keith Anderson told WUSA9 Tuesday the District will now stop painting its rubber playground mats without first approving the chemicals used. Tests ...

Recycled tire materials like rubber mulch have been used in playgrounds across the U.S. for decades to cushion falls. But according to a TikTok video, this groundcover should be making parents ...

Work to remove the soft fall surface material at a popular Bargara playground, east of Bundaberg, has renewed concerns about the safety of the recycled rubber material used nationwide. The Bargara ...

Jeanette Morrison admired a new poured-in-place rubber play surface at Scantlebury Park — and said some benches, a gate, and swing set chains should come next. The Dixwell alder made that suggestion ...

We have now learned that the municipal government in Washington, D.C., has closed three children’s playgrounds with “poured-in-place” rubber surfacing after high levels of lead were found.