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Rec and Park defends current turf testing protocols as community presses for stricter PFAS and microplastics review
Summary
The commission heard a technical briefing on synthetic turf testing, recycling and product changes, and received sustained public concern about PFAS, microplastics, heat and tree removal at Crocker Amazon; staff committed to an interagency protocol review and a follow-up in the new year.
The San Francisco Recreation and Park Commission spent a large portion of its meeting reviewing the department’s synthetic turf standards and hearing residents’ concerns about a proposed Crocker Amazon project.
At the start of the discussion Dan Maurer, capital planning manager for Rec and Park, described the agency’s long experience with artificial turf, noting the department has 12 synthetic fields and has moved away from crumb-rubber infill toward cork and sand “since about 2017.” He said the city performs third‑party lab testing of turf materials for heavy metals, SVOCs, PAHs, PFAS and other constituents before approving products and that Rec and Park has pursued mechanical recycling processes rather than…
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