Health officials notified the city of Newark and went on to collect turf fiber samples from 12 other fields around the state.
Similar to our study, between-subject variability increased when ICCs were calculated by season in a study of turf workers sampled up to 18 times for five pesticides (Harris et al. 2010).
Significant issues include the absence of a standardized approach for sampling synthetic turf, using sampling results to assess potential exposures and lead hazards, and identifying appropriate health-protective actions.
Turf algae were sampled in November 2004 and, despite between-treatment differences in the light regime, there was no significant effect of canopy removal.
With the possible exception of sweep sampling, all of the sampling methods shown in Table 3 have been used by different entities to sample synthetic turf surfaces.
Here on their home turf you and I can sample the genuine articles in their unpretentious, calorific, often sloppy splendor.
Samples of the turf at the field, at Chelsea Park on 27th Street near 10th Avenue, showed the fibers did contain lead.
Tables 1 and 2 show results of synthetic turf fiber and dust-wipe sampling at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), on 10 surfaces in children's play areas in child care settings or on athletic fields (UNLV, unpublished data).
He made a core sample, a square of turf and soil as wide and deep as his spade, then lifted it gently and laid it on the grass.
Because there are many existing environmental lead standards, differences between regulatory agency opinions, and various approaches to testing lead in synthetic turf, we lack standardized approaches for sampling synthetic turf and interpreting the results to assess potential lead hazards.
