I got a question on Twitter about a week ago from a mom looking for something other than mulch or sand surfacing at Raleigh parks. We're talking the rubberized surfacing that I pointed out in my ...

The public playground in Bandon, a small town on the blustery coast of Oregon, has everything a kid could want. Swings and an orange, twisting slide, even a bright blue boat. But after the playground ...

D.C. Department of General Services Director Keith Anderson told WUSA9 Tuesday the District will now stop painting its rubber playground mats without first approving the chemicals used. Tests ...

A company that turns old tires into surface tiles for play areas is pressing the state to spend five million dollars to install the tiles on every elementary playground in Iowa. Tim Mahoney of Welch ...

"GMA" tested playground equipment and found temperatures as high as 142 degrees. July 24, 2008 — -- Every summer, dozens of children across the country end up in the emergency room with serious ...

NEW YORK, July 21 (UPI) -- Some New York parents say the city should remove black mats from under play equipment at local parks because they get dangerously hot in the summer. The rubber mats, ...

And another installment in what's become a series on rubber mat surfacing in area playgrounds. This time it's Chapel Hill. And when I say rubber mat surfacing, I'm talking about those springy, rubber ...