Bit of artificial grass - if you like that sort of thing

[Hodge]

Interestingly one of my customers has just ripped up a couple of hundred square metres of not a cheap plastic grass he put down a couple of years ago as he's kids hated playing on it because it just didn't feel like real grass.

Weird, my kids love it.....

[peds]

I bet they can't park either.

[peds]

F*ck me, I've just had a bloody brilliant idea! I'm walking the dog along a beach at the moment, and it just came to me... we dig up all the sand, sell it to the Arabs, and replace the whole beach with coarse grit sandpaper... zero upkeep, no hoovering stray sand out of the car, no pesky crabs or oystercatchers or other suspicious wildlife, just homogeneous, predictable 40# sandpaper... I'll be a millionaire! 

 

 

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...if only we could do something about those bloody trees though... papier mache?

Edited June 3, 2022 by peds

[Stubby]

10 hours ago, Hodge said:

No idea as I don't have a dog, I can't stand them🤣🤣

That's odd I spoke to a couple of dogs yesterday and they both said they liked you .🙂

Edited June 4, 2022 by Stubby

[Stere]

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All artificial turf is made with toxic PFAS compounds and some is still produced with ground-up tires that can contain heavy metals, benzene, VOCs and other carcinogens that can present a health threat. The material also emits high levels of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, and sheds microplastics and other chemicals into waterways.

“We already know there are toxic chemicals in the products, so why would we continue to utilize them and have children roll around on them when we have a safe alternative, which is natural grass?” asked Sarah Evans, an environmental health professor for the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

 

 

 

 

Boston bans artificial turf in parks due to toxic ‘forever chemicals’ | PFAS | The Guardian

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The city joins a growing number across the US in limiting the use of artificial turf made with dangerous PFAS compounds

 

 

 

Artificial turf potentially linked to cancer deaths of six Phillies ball players – report | Cancer | The Guardian

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The lawn replacement – largely fallen out of favor in professional sports these days – contains large amounts of...

 

Not something id feel feel  happy about in any garden.

 

 

 

Edited March 16, 2023 by Stere

[peds]

Well, what an absolute shocker! Who could have possibly foreseen such a thing?

[sime42]

Next problem will be what to do with the countless acres of the stuff that have already been put down everywhere.

[Bolt]

2 hours ago, Stere said:

 

 

Not something id feel feel  happy about in any garden.

 

 

 

 

Could be worse though.

 

At least they are in the garden rather than actually being inside the house!

 

 

 

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Oh.
 

 

‘Forever chemicals’ linked to cancer common in indoor air, scientists warn

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‘We need to stop all unnecessary uses of PFAS as soon as possible’, researchers say