Grassroots Environmental Education, a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting public health and empowering communities through science-based advocacy, recently found itself at the center of a legal battle. Last January, Grassroots was served with a lawsuit from an artificial turf manufacturer aiming to stop their national webinar, “The Trouble With Turf.” This online event was designed to bring leading scientific experts together to discuss the growing evidence linking synthetic turf fields and their chemical components to environmental and public health concerns. 

Rather than back down, Grassroots responded by filing its own lawsuit in New York under the state’s Anti-SLAPP law, which protects organizations and individuals from lawsuits intended to silence public discussion on important issues. The group stands firm that its presentations are rooted in peer-reviewed scientific research and credible reports.

This legal action attracted national attention, even making the front page of The New York Times last June. Grassroots Environmental Education continues its mission through the Partnership for Healthy Playing Surfaces, guided by Dr. Homero Harari of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. With rising rates of hormone disruption, childhood cancers, asthma, and developmental disabilities among children, Grassroots is committed to educating the public about how common chemicals in our environment may impact our health and advocating for safer, healthier communities.

Grassroots Environmental Education is a science-based environmental health non-profit. Fostering positive and lasting change in environmental health policy through science and advocacy. Based in Port Washington, NY. For more information Call 516-883-0087 or Visit GrassRootsInfo.org