Rubber playground surface material may protect kids from some injuries but be harboring a different source of harm, a study in Boston suggests. Researchers tested lead levels in the soil, sand, mulch ...

School playgrounds fitted with granite sand surfacing significantly reduce the risk of children fracturing arms in comparison with wood fiber surfaces, according to a randomized trial. School ...

Children who fall off playground equipment and land on sand may be less likely to break an arm than if they land on wood chips, Canadian researchers say. Safety specialists say arm fractures are the ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Astroturf can hit temperatures of almost 90 degrees Celsius during summer, while the soft fall rubber covering many children's ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. — Administrators will replace the playground landing area at the Meagher pre-kindergarten after questioning the wisdom of having small pieces of rubber on a site primarily used by 4- ...

A randomized trial published this week in the open-access journal PLoS Medicine says that school playgrounds fitted with granite sand surfacing significantly reduce the risk of children fracturing ...