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Ridgewood Board of Education is planning to install another artificial turf field on Stevens Field

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the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, here we go again ,the Ridgewood Board of Education is planning to install another artificial turf field on Stevens Field which exists in an active flood plain. It is bad for the environment, our players, community and our pocket books. It defies reason. Looks like we are going too keep doing it till we get it right?

Over the years the Ridgewood blog has chronicled the turf field saga in town , from the turfing in flood plains, to alleged carcinogens in the turf itself . Now even the NJEA is talking about Turf “Artificial turf: Use it? Ban it?” https://www.njea.org/artificial-turf-use-it-ban-it/

Class-action Lawsuits have just been Launched against the main supplier of Synthetic Turf Fields in the Suburbs of New Jersey
https://theridgewoodblog.net/class-action-lawsuits-have-just-been-launched-against-the-main-supplier-of-synthetic-turf-fields-in-the-suburbs-of-new-jersey/

Board of Education Decides Turf is “Settled Science” Votes 5-0 to Re-turf flood Plain at Ridgewood High School
https://theridgewoodblog.net/board-of-education-decides-turf-is-settled-science-votes-5-0-to-re-turf-flood-plain-at-ridgewood-high-school/

Readers Say Turf Fields Exacerbate Village Flooding
https://theridgewoodblog.net/readers-say-turf-fields-exacerbate-village-flooding-2/

School boards across N.J. to coordinate legal action against FieldTurf
https://theridgewoodblog.net/school-boards-across-n-j-to-coordinate-legal-action-against-fieldturf/

For years, Company Made Millions Selling faulty Turf fields
https://theridgewoodblog.net/for-years-company-made-millions-selling-faulty-turf-fields/

Artificial turf gets a closer look after report raises safety concerns
https://theridgewoodblog.net/artificial-turf-gets-a-closer-look-after-report-raises-safety-concerns-2/

 

8 thoughts on “Ridgewood Board of Education is planning to install another artificial turf field on Stevens Field

  1. The Board of Education does not care what people have to say about this issue. In fact, they do not care what people have to say about any issues. They will just do as they please.

  2. Turf is a godsend….play ball !

  3. When these children have cancer in later life no one will look back and point to the synthetic turf.

  4. We either need new turf or more open field space. Since there is no more open field space available, new turf it is.

  5. FOREST Gump would be proud of another asinine decision by they dont care 2020 vision to spend other people money with no shame

    We are their donkeys

    Moving truck time

    Realtors etc VC HAPPY CLAMS

  6. Spend the money .

  7. There are better choices for our fields than artificial turf made of plastic and crumb rubber. 90 percent of pro players in all sports prefer grass to turf for a variety of reasons. Our fields are in active flood plains. We can’t get warranties on the stuff because of that fact. There are new grass blends that are pest and drought resistant and when the fields flood on an artificial turf field like the ones the BOE has installed and now again at Stevens, the toxins go into our water ways, the fields harden , often need extensive repairs and the cost of disposing of it is around 100,000 dollars per field and it sits in the land fills for ever as it is not biodegradable.

  8. Please stop arguing it’s bad for the environment or causing cancer. There’s no proof.

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