This should be banned, tbh.
I find the fake grass useful to hide ugly concrete, but I would never prefer it over real grass. Still, banning the product seems a little odd.
There are other issues which come with artificial lawns too:
A friend of mine has an artificial lawn and hot ash from her neighbours’ barbeques has made holes in it.
And my nextdoor neighbours have a cheap artificial lawn that now has weeds growing through it.
https://feddit.uk/post/852360 earlier related discussion