To the editor: To the letter writers who wrote in support of fake grass, I’ve two feedback.
First, plastic recycling is principally a hoax perpetrated by the plastics trade. In the end, virtually all plastic winds up in landfills, the oceans and our our bodies. Pretend grass solely provides to this downside.
Second, faux grass has completely zero habitat worth. At a time after we are dropping plant and animal species as a consequence of local weather change, we ought to be doing all in our energy to create native plant habitats in our private and non-private areas to help the animals with whom we share our Earth.
Chuck Petithomme, Burbank
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To the editor: In an overheating world, there is no such thing as a excuse for smothering out of doors areas with plastic or tire waste. Artificial turf is a plastic carpet masquerading as grass, however it’s the precise reverse of cooling, oxygenating, pure grass.
Plastic carpeting might be hotter than asphalt, and it sheds plastic fibers and microplastics which can be inhaled, ingested and follow pores and skin. And, a latest research revealed within the journal Surroundings Worldwide discovered that the chemical substances in plastics can cross the skin barrier into our bodies.
Grass fields might be engineered to be water environment friendly, sturdy and low upkeep. There isn’t a excuse for exposing kids and athletes to scorching, toxin-laden plastic surfacing.
Kathleen Michels, Silver Spring, Md.
