WAPAKONETA —First on the Moon, Inc. announced Thursday that it has received materials for the rubber surface of the All-Abilities Rocket Ship playground equipment for Harmon Park. Wapakoneta-based ...

AMHERST — With the Conservation Commission and Board of Health registering objections to the proposed poured-in-place rubber surface of a playground at the town’s new elementary school, the design ...

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

The ACT Workcover authority is investigating the safety of a chemical used in a rubber compound used for surfacing child playgrounds. A Queanbeyan playground company claims the wet pour system is ...

AMHERST — Concerns over the viability of an unproven surface to be placed beneath a new playground at the new elementary school under construction on South East Street may prompt the use of more ...

We have now learned that the municipal government in Washington, D.C., has closed three children’s playgrounds with “poured-in-place” rubber surfacing after high levels of lead were found.