The Public Health Trust announces a new grant to Center for Environmental Health to carry out a synthetic turf lead testing and outreach program in California. Funding for this program is provided through settlement of People of the State of California v. Beaulieu Group, LLC et al., a suit alleging that specified companies exposed California consumers to lead from synthetic turf without first providing consumers clear and reasonable warnings that the products contain lead.

Center for Environmental Health, working with the California Attorney General and representatives of three synthetic turf companies, will carry out a lead testing and outreach program. CEH staff and volunteers will contact at least 1000 private schools and 500 public school districts, plus at least 2000 daycare centers to implement a two-tiered program of testing synthetic turf field fibers for levels of transferable lead. CEH will also use different forms of traditional and social media to reach at least 10,000 people with the message that lead testing is available at no charge, that fields with unsafe lead levels will be replaced through funding and in-kind commitments by participating manufacturers, that turf manufactured within the past few years is unlikely to have unsafe lead levels, and that there are simple practices that can reduce or eliminate the risk of children ingesting lead while playing on any synthetic turf field ($207,000).

NEW SETTLEMENTS RECEIVED

Dietary Weight Loss Products

The Public Health Trust will manage a $30,000 settlement from a judgment alleging illegal sale of Weight Loss Patch products to California consumers (People of the State of California v. CVS Pharmacy Inc., et al.). A fund will be established to educate and inform the public on benefits and dangers of dietary supplements.

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