The EPA has had a change of heart regarding the safety of artificial turf.
I hope people take the time to watch the SAB video. Chip, we all heard what you said about the resident missing from the meeting. Shame on you.
Highlights include: John Bendel connected the SAB to the Mt. Lebanon Community Endowment. This would eliminate the need for the SAB to file for 501(c)(3) status. Donations would go into a separate project fund account, with the details TBD of who has access to it, the SAB or the Municipality.
Donations received so far:
1st official donation came from Gateway Engineering for $4,000 in 2013. There may possibly be more coming in 2014.
$25,000 Baseball Association (which amounts to $29/player) Pledged
$5,000 Football Association (which amounts to $31/player) Pledged
$5,000 may be coming from Softball.
The MLCE fee for this is $1,000, I believe.
Another thing that came out of the meeting is that if the SAB does not meet their target of $250,000, that the donations will be used for field maintenance.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has “stepped back” from previous safety assurances about artificial turf made from recycled tires, according to a written press release.This quote came from The New Haven Register article, More studies needed on artificial turf fields, EPA says. What concerns me is that if you watch the Sports Advisory Board meeting video from Thursday evening, you will see David Donnellan mention that developing McNeilly is in the Capital Improvements Projects (the CIP, a.k.a. The Wish List). So hazardous artificial turf would be installed on three municipal fields, as well as the artificial turf presently at the high school.
“EPA now admits that it has no idea about the extent of chemical exposure to children and athletes playing on these surfaces,” said Jeff Ruch, executive director of the nonprofit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility.
I hope people take the time to watch the SAB video. Chip, we all heard what you said about the resident missing from the meeting. Shame on you.
Highlights include: John Bendel connected the SAB to the Mt. Lebanon Community Endowment. This would eliminate the need for the SAB to file for 501(c)(3) status. Donations would go into a separate project fund account, with the details TBD of who has access to it, the SAB or the Municipality.
Donations received so far:
1st official donation came from Gateway Engineering for $4,000 in 2013. There may possibly be more coming in 2014.
$25,000 Baseball Association (which amounts to $29/player) Pledged
$5,000 Football Association (which amounts to $31/player) Pledged
$5,000 may be coming from Softball.
The MLCE fee for this is $1,000, I believe.
Another thing that came out of the meeting is that if the SAB does not meet their target of $250,000, that the donations will be used for field maintenance.
