Industry/Sector: Schools and Childcare
TURI provides grants to academic researchers to support efforts to find and develop safer alternatives to harmful chemicals.
Industry/Sector: Schools and Childcare
TURI offers grants to help Massachusetts businesses adopt safer alternatives to toxic chemicals.
Industry/Sector: Schools and Childcare
Natural grass fields can provide a protective, high-performance surface for athletic activities. Organic
field maintenance practices can improve the health of soil and grass without the need for synthetic
pesticides or fertilizers.
Industry/Sector: Schools and Childcare
The Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Institute (TURI) has received inquiries from municipalities
and community members regarding the presence of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in
artificial turf carpet.
Industry/Sector: Schools and Childcare
Municipalities, universities, schools and other
institutions frequently need to make decisions
about maintenance and installation of athletic
playing fields
Industry/Sector: Schools and Childcare
Industry/Sector: Schools and Childcare
Industry/Sector: Schools and Childcare
Soiled surfaces provide conditions for pathogenic microbes (germs), including viruses, bacteria
and fungi, to survive outside of the body. They can serve as “reservoirs” for germs that can
transmit them to people who touch them (indirect contact transmission).
Industry/Sector: Schools and Childcare
Municipalities, universities, schools and other
institutions frequently need to make decisions
about maintenance and installation of athletic
playing fields.
Industry/Sector: Schools and Childcare
Playground surfacing helps to protect children as
they walk, run, jump, fall, and interact with their
surroundings in the course of play. A range of
materials are sold as playground surfacing.
