FYI: artificial turf as protective surfacing on playgrounds.

Please see below the email I wrote to the FPG Institute in North Carolina regarding artificial turf as protective surfacing and the response that I received.

Hi Paula,

If you are not able to measure the protecting surfacing, you need to verify, through a written statement from the manufacturer, that the materials meet the ASTM F1292 requirements. The center should have this information.
Thank you,
Elisa

Mohamed, Paula wrote:

I have come across child care facilities that use artificial turf as their playground surfacing, but there is usually no way to determine or measure what is beneath it. How should I handle this?

Paula Mohamed
Child Care Quality Technician
Broward County Quality Rating System
10077 NW 29th St
Coral Springs, FL 33065
Phone: (954)761-2141 Fax: (954)341-3918

To regulate, enforce, and improve the quality of childcare in Broward County.
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Elisa Allen
Research Assistant
FPG Child Development Institute
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
CB #8040, 517 South Greensboro Street
Carrboro, NC 27510
(919)843-6189 phone
(919)962-7463 fax

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