AstroTurf: A Failed Military Fitness TestHow a public health concern became a sports staple.

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The Secret Life of Objects

The artificial grass carpeting stadiums worldwide wasn't made for sports. It began as a government-backed social experiment to solve a national fitness crisis revealed during the Korean War. Originally called ChemGrass, the product was designed to help urban school kids get as fit as their rural counterparts for the military. Discover the strange journey of a failed public health initiative that found accidental fame and fortune in the world of professional sports.