Debates over artificial turf in several New Jersey towns are gaining steam as neighbors express concerns. People in one Bergen County town tell TimMcNicholas they're aggressively fighting what's become a turf war.
-- Debates over artificial turf in several New Jersey towns are gaining steam, with neighbors expressing concerns.town told CBS New York investigative reporter Tim McNicholas they're fighting it aggressively.
"I think it's horrendous what the council has been proposing to do," Ridgewood resident Susan Ruane said.The village is considering building the ballfield alongside a 19th century home listed in the National Registry of Historic Places. But the residents instead want a smaller grass field to be built on the unused space.
CBS New York has learned of similar fights in Westfield and in Scotch Plains, where a doctor with Mount Sinai's Children's Environmental Health Center wrote a letter to the town council discouraging the plan due to"uncertainties surrounding the safety ... and the potential for dangerous heat and chemical exposures."Ridgewood Village Manager Keith Kazmark said artificial turf can be easier to maintain.
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