No mowing, no watering? Increasingly, luxury landscape designers are relying on artificial turf, once regarded with disdain.

"I'd vote for neither," said one Redditor. The original poster said that since they moved from a tropical climate several ...

Every Somerville school with a field uses artificial, wood-pellet turf except the Albert F. Argenziano, its students say – ...

Artificial turf at a Nevada day care had 8,800 ppm of lead — 22 times the federal soil hazard level, according to a 2010 study led by a scientist at the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and ...

Also, artificial turf is often treated with biocides, as turf has been associated with increased risk of infections from methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. MRSA is a dangerous infection ...

A state measure could block cities from banning artificial lawns. Turf companies are happy. Environmentalists are not.

Synthetic turf fields are made with "forever chemicals" perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known as PFAS, according to the EPA.

But artificial turf must be regularly cleaned with water, and in warm climates such as Los Angeles’, artificial fields get so hot that schools must water them down before children play on them.

The Washington State The Department of Ecology is reviewing ways to regulate chemicals used in artificial turf, including ...

Lawrence Park Collegiate’s 400m track is to be replaced by a smaller track and artificial turf field as part of a recent deal ...

The East Peoria City Council approved a resolution to accept a proposal to replace two grass fields at EastSide Centre with ...

The University of Colorado has finished replacing the grass at Folsom Field with a new, artificial turf surface. By the ...