Warning: Just one more reason to hate artificial turf

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Almost all high school fields are grass. A few here and there have artificial turf. Here’s why we hate the fake stuff...

One, it’s ugly.

Two, it’s bad for knees and ankles.

Three, it potentially contains hazardous levels of lead -- no joke.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has kicked off an investigation on artificial turf while one California politico has a bill calling for a state study comparing the public health and environmental impacts of synthetic versus natural turf. To read more, click here.

-- Anthony Stitt

-- Image from www.yoliverpool.com