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Is Artificial Turf Safe? Westporter Says No

Season 2026, Ep. 2.11
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Rachel Precious, Westporter, Precious Oysters owner, and Chair of the CT chapter of the Surfrider Foundation, a national ocean advocacy nonprofit, on turf field controversy. joins Lisa Wexler to talk about asking the right questions about how bad artificial turf affects human and environmental health. Apparently, even oysters can't filter the runoff from artificial turf. And where do old turf fields that last only 10 years go to be dumped?

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