Black rubber mats designed to break a child ... reported seeing 16 to 18 young children with playground burns a year, mostly from the mats under junglegyms and sliding boards.

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.

In a more common scenario, Reyhan Meharn, a New York mother, watched her son Kian suffer in a burn center for days after he stepped with bare feet onto a black rubber mat at a city playground.

The playground, attached to Bruce-Monroe Elementary School, sits on rubber mats. Lead can result in health and growth problems if ingested by children. The District said it will power-wash the ...

Rubber playground surface material may protect kids from some injuries but be harboring a different source of harm, a study in Boston suggests. Researchers tested lead levels in the soil ...

UNION, N.J. -- A 14-month-old boy fell into a manhole filled with sewer waters at a New Jersey playground and is alive thanks to his quick-acting mother. The mother, whose name has not been ...

UPDATE: Following News4's report Wednesday, workers on site Friday determined a clogged sewer was causing the mess. They were able to clear the debris, which included wipes, diapers and paper towels.