Artificial turf projects have become a lightning rod for controversy in school districts and municipalities throughout the state.
A request from the South Orange and Maplewood School District for a $4.5 million artificial turf field was rejected by the Board of School Estimate during its March 18 meeting, pictured here.A resolution to approve the field failed to pass in March, with Maplewood Mayor Nancy Adams, Deputy Mayor Jermaine Cripe and South Orange Village Trustee Karen Hartshorn Hilton against the proposal.
The Board of School Estimate is a separate entity that approves bonding sought by the South Orange-Maplewood school district. It includes three members of the South Orange Board of Trustees, three members of the Township Committee of Maplewood and two members of the school board. The Board of School Estimate needs majority support from members of the two town boards in order to pass a resolution.
“The fields in Maplewood and South Orange are closed for five months of the year and cannot keep up with the strain of high school sports and continuously growing youth sports organizations when they are open. The children deserve better,” the nonprofit soccer club’s board said. “However, in light of the environmental problems, it is hard to imagine a scenario under which I would be in favor of a turf coating covering the majority of Ritzer Field,” Hilton told NJ Advance Media.
Public health officials say there is no evidence of a direct connection between artificial turf and people getting cancer. But, some studies have looked at the potential environmental and health impacts of the chemicals in artificial turf.found synthetic artificial turf contained semi-volatile organic compounds and heavy metals that can leach into the environment, posing a potential risk to the ecosystem and human health.
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