The council gathered to vote on whether to advance a plan to build an artificial turf field alongside a 19th century home listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
One of their concerns? Whether the rubber crumbs in artificial turf can create health hazards when ingested due to chemicals called PFAs."We can't maintain the grass fields we have. That is why we need a turf field," Ridgewood Mayor Paul Vagianos said.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency says studies have not shown an elevated health risk, but the studies have been limited. "More programs, more participants equals more need for fields," Ridgewood resident Robert Lynch said.
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