The city of San Francisco, a self proclaimed leader in green policies, has commenced the second phase of an ambitious program of eliminating acres of neighborhood green spaces and preexisting grass playing fields.  

    The San Francisco    Rec & Parks has formed a coalition with City Fields Foundation. Their vision involves turning dozens of neighborhood park ecosystems into what amounts to inner city “hazardous waste sites”. Community parks will be polluted with 1000s of tons of tire waste reducing by 7% San Francisco’s dwindling green spaces.               ( ALL IMAGES ON THIS WEB SITE ENLARGE WHEN CLICKED )

 

 

                   The stewards of City Fields Foundation and the SF Rec & Parks are disseminating misinformation to persuade the citizens of San Francisco to convert their grass play fields into a synthetic product composed of tire waste and plastic. A team from City Fields Foundation is doing a professional hard sell to San Francisco’s civic leaders and to neighborhood groups. 

Whether you are a parent concerned about your child's health, a conservationist interested in protecting our green spaces, an advocate for the handicapped challenged, or a San Franciscan taxpayer promoting sound fiscal policies, this issue should be of interest to you.

 

 

The misinformation being imparted, as well as the impact that this program’s course of action will have upon the citizens of San Francisco’s;       

·        public health,    

·        environmental health,                                      

·        utilization of recreation space (incl. ADA issues),     

·        and long term fiscal commitment,                                                                                   is addressed in the following.

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  5 CONCERNS

ABOUT 

TIRE WASTE ARTIFICIAL ATHLETIC FIELDS

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                  health risks           environment          discriminate       hidden expenses       

         they are being called into question throughout the United States and the world  . 

 

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        Videos of San Francisco Synthetic Play Fields;

 

South Sunset Playfield (San Francisco)

"Synthetic Fields - A Question of Ingestion"    (click here) 

 

Silver Terrace Playfield (San Francisco) 

"Synthetic Fields - A Question of Infection"    (click here)

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TIPS FOR PARENTS TO HELP MINIMIZE YOUR CHILD'S RISKS (click here)

  

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  by Paul Kozakiewicz

 

     for an eloquent editorial click here

 The Richmond Review / Sunset Beacon; the first newspapers in San Francisco with the whole story 

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SynTurf.org: Read Here 

an excellent, in depth well cited source of research on the issues of tire waste artificial turf

Guive Mirfendereski - editor

  

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Media Press Page Inserts click here

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  San Francisco Play Fields Poised to Infect (click here)            

 

                             PHOTOGRAPHS of

                 SILVER TERRACE PLAY FIELD  

                 and GARFIELD SOCCER FIELD