As Lee started to formulate the play, the virtual roller rink of their initial idea gradually morphed into a roller diner and finally into a pho restaurant.

She also discovered that there are virtually no public hearth regulations at the state or federal level regarding sanitary conditions of fast-food restaurant play areas.

A professor and mother of four has been checking out fast-food restaurants throughout the nation's heartland, finding play areas laden with dirt, mold and bacteria.

PHOENIX — A Chandler, Ariz., mom who was banned from McDonald’s after she made national news when swab tests of restaurant play areas showed life-threatening pathogens has partnered with ...

A Chandler mom who was banned from McDonald’s after she made national news when swab tests of restaurant play areas showed life-threatening pathogens has partnered with another national, kid ...