The State of California is suing several Georgia firms that make artificial grass, over lead-based pigments used to color the turf.
A number of Dalton-based companies, and one in Florida are among those named in the lawsuit.
California’s Attorney-General, along with the Center for Environmental Health, charge that lead-based colorants in the fibers can rub off, posing a possible health threat.
Lead is a know carcinogen, and can cause birth defects.
But Peter Farley of Beaulieu of America, one of the firms named in the suit, says their products comply with California’s safety laws:
“We have already reformulated our products to manufacture them with pigments that do not contain any trace amounts of lead whatsoever. And our testing revealed that there were extremely low levels that could be present, but again: there’s no exposure risk.”Rick Doyle, president of the Atlanta-based Synthetic Turf Council, says they are a “responsible industry,” and are working with
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