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Residents urge action on demolition practices and turf safety; commissioners hear environmental justice concerns
Summary
Multiple public speakers urged the Commission to reexamine demolition methods and artificial turf infill, citing health concerns in Bayview-Hunters Point and calls to adopt citywide demolition safety standards and review tire-derived turf infill.
At Jan. 27 public comment the Commission on the Environment heard multiple speakers raise health and safety concerns tied to demolition methods and artificial turf infill.
Catherine Howard of Healthy Soccer SF and the Coalition for San Francisco Neighborhoods urged the Commission to revisit the city's earlier 2006 task-force work and to support state legislation examining tire-derived infill used on artificial turf. Howard cited media reports alleging clusters of illnesses among players on turf…
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