A new artificial turf playing field, the centerpiece of a $7.5 million upgrade of South Philadelphia’s Lawrence E. Murphy Recreation Center, is supposed to be free of PFAS, the chemicals that the EPA has linked to cancer, asthma, and a range of other health problems. Sprinturf, the turf’s manufacturer, told city officials that the surface … Continue reading City officials believed a new South Philly turf field was PFAS-free. Not true, experts say.