For those seeking safer, low-maintenance alternatives for their own yards or to even suggest to your local school board, ...

Many communities are renovating playgrounds using materials that were never proven safe for children's long-term use. As a ...

A group of Duluth parents made their case for replacing the rubber mulch at the Duluth school district's playgrounds with wood fiber after they became concerned about chemicals in the rubber. Duluth ...

It’s bouncy and may remind you to change your snow tires. It also may be the newest feature at parks across the city. Lawrence Parks and Recreation crews recently installed chopped-up rubber tires ...

WEST SACRAMENTO (CBS13) - Parents in West Sacramento worried about tire mulch at Delta Gardens Park. And in the summer heat, they're concerned that mulch made of recycled tires could be putting their ...

SEA CLIFF, Long Island (WABC) -- It's a common sight on playgrounds across the Tri-State area: rubber pellets and mulch, meant to keep children safe. But could the material actually be harmful? One ...

LORAIN — The rubber mulch used at every playground in the Lorain City Schools system may be soft for a fall, but it also creates a hard to control blaze when ignited, investigators found. While ...

City of Enid Parks and Recreation workers have been adding mulch to playgrounds. Workers have gone through 930 cubic yards of mulch to bring city-owned playgrounds up to levels the playgrounds should ...

The Frederick County Board of Education has agreed on a contract for buying mulch and decided on three companies it will consider for playground equipment contracts. There was overlap — three of the ...

Canton's all-abilities playground is finally set to open in November after storm damage and construction delays have twice postponed the big event. The town has gone without a public playground since ...

A group of parents is asking the Duluth school district to replace rubber playground mulch before federal agencies studying its effects release their recommendations. The Duluth School Board held a ...