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1 September 2005
It's almost 40 years since the world's first artificial sports pitch, Astroturf, was installed in the Houston Astrodome and making headline news.But the technology wasn't ready and demand dropped in the 1980s as its shortcomings were revealed.Now the pendulum is swinging back and new products offer great promise,reports John W.McCurry.