These city playgrounds aren’t for child’s play. Black rubber mats designed to break a child’s fall turn blistering hot in the summer, soaring to higher than 165 degrees, a Daily News investigation ...

"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 ...

Eight-year-old Kailey Buttry stood in the rain Thursday, working to complete an idea she has had for two years -- to make the Hixson Elementary School playground safer. Kailey and her friends and ...

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 ...

FAYETTEVILLE, N.Y.---Ellen Vanvliet likes to come to the playground at Onondaga Lake Park with her two year-old grandson, Oren. Ellen keeps playground safety at the top of mind when deciding where to ...

Winter temperatures make it hard to imagine playground surfaces so hot they burn through skin, but two local politicians want to protect children against a summer playground hazard. “It’s very basic ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y -- Some parents have raised concerns about the condition of the mats at Jennifer’s Playground in Graniteville. In fact, a parent told the Staten Island Advance/SILive.com that her ...

WASHINGTON — A D.C. rec center playground used by a nearby elementary school was closed Thursday after elevated levels of lead were discovered. In an email, DC Public Schools alerted parents that one ...