It’s time to embrace healthier, cheaper and more environmentally responsible alternatives, and Los Angeles can help lead the way. AdvertisementIn fact, it’s clear that artificial turf is bad for our ecosystems as well as our health. From 2015 until last year, California law considered artificial turf a form of drought-tolerant landscaping that cities and counties could not prohibit. Any truthful assessment of the financial, environmental and health consequences of artificial turf should lead governments to phase it out. AdvertisementCharles Miller is the chair of the Los Angeles chapter of the Climate Reality Project and its Biodiversity Committee.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 05, 2024 22:02 UTC