URGENT UPDATE: Connecticut To Investigate "Manalapan-Style" Field

Republican leader Steve Johnson has railed about the possibilities of serious health issues related to the "Manalapan-Style" field demanded by by da Queen Mayor and alleged Manalapan/and or Freehold resident "Defendant" Andy Boy. So has Committeeman Mr. Anthony Gennaro. Both were scolded by angry posters on a message board that they had in effect no clue as to what they were talking about, and by da Gang of Three on da Manalapan Township Committee, which took da implied "Nobody is dead yet from it so it must be OK" attitude.

Well, nobody may be dead yet, but unlike Manalapan's Gang of Three, others are taking da potential seriously.

DaTruthSquad has uncovered that da Connecticut State Attorney General and have agreed to study the potential environmental and health risks linked to artificial turf.

”What we don't know may hurt us - and our children,” Blumenthal said in a news release Friday.“This study will help answer profoundly significant questions that are urgent, because right now our children are using these fields and communities are deciding whether to spend millions of dollars on installing more of them.” The attorney general said he is concerned primarily by the results of a state study that found that rubber crumbles in the turf may contain toxic chemicals that could sicken people or contaminate groundwater. Last year, the Connecticut Agriculture Experiment Station completed a study determining that the recycled tire crumbs used to soften the synthetic turf fields can emit four volatile organic compounds which can release gases into the air when heated by the sun. The gases could cause short-or long-term health problems."

Note da key words here - "a state study that found that rubber crumbles in the turf may contain toxic chemicals that could sicken people or contaminate groundwater."

Da exact same type of fields Connecticut will investigate is da same type of field da Gang of Three are demanding for da Field of Nightmares!

Now Manalapan officials claim they did a proper investigation and found nothing wrong with da field. Maybe that's true. What is not known is how much Manalapan spent on their "investigation," if da person doing da investigation was competent, if a Oujia Board was used, or if they just held a Seionce to channel the energies of anyone who died from using the field and nobody answered.

What Manalapan knew, thanks to this blog & Mr. Gennaro, was that last year, da "Connecticut Agriculture Experiment Station completed a study determining that the recycled tire crumbs used to soften the synthetic turf fields can emit four volatile organic compounds which can release gases into the air when heated by the sun. The gases could cause short-or long-term health problems."

But again, See-No-Evil, Hear-No-Evil, and Looking Evil, known as da Manalapan Gang of Three wanted nothing to do with some study performed by experts in their field. Da Gang of Three also don't believe da Connecticut Attorney General, or a number of high-ranking Connecticut lawmakers. They also don't believe anything da nvironmental Protection Agency is saying out of Washington, DC, who announced it has begun exploring synthetic turf's potential toxicity. That move echoed earlier decisions by two state agencies to study the environmental and health impacts of the fields. The focus: whether components of the rubber such as lead, zinc and arsenic could cause harm if inhaled by players as vaporized gas or washed into groundwater.

Oh, and did daTruthSquad tell you that one of da prime reasons that alarm bells were set off in Connecticut was because New Jersey's Department of Health & Senior Services asked da Consumer Products safety Commission to look into da rubber pellet turf for safety issues?

Oh, and did daTruthSquad also mention California also has questions about synthetic turf fields too?

Oh, and in New York City too.

Oh, and did daTruthSquad tell you they're also studying this same thing in Montreal?

Remember, just because da local Snoozepaper doesn't print it, it doesn't mean it isn't really a "non-starter."

While it is still unknown if da rubber pellet fields in question are safe or unsafe, it's obvious there are too many more questions than answers, which is why both da Connecticut investigation and da EPA believes investigations are warranted. What is also unknown is why da Manalapan Township Committee is rushing at breakneck spped to install a field that is raising so many questions.

DaTruthSquad wonders if people like da Queen Mayor, alleged Manalapan/and or Freehold resident "Defendant" Andy Boy, and Cash Klauber would sign an agreement holding themselves and whoever it was they commissioned using tax dollars to study da effects of da rubber pellet fields be personally responsible for all medical health problems related to da field? They may be quick to sign da agreements to get their names on signs on da field, but would they put their reputations and vast wealth behind it?

DaTruthSquad believes we all know that answer.

DaTruth is, Manalapan's politically connected leaders were made aware of these problems, thanks to da independent investigation launched by Committeeman Gennaro that fell on deaf ears. They also heard from Steve Johnson, who directed his concerns to these same political leaders who, in effect, told him to get lost. Why were these two individuals ingored? Why weren't their concerns listened to? Why weren't they taken seriously?

It could very well be that da fields are OK and not a real health risk. But again, why not wait for da Federal studies into this issue? Why not make sure things are OK from da Federal level, before you place da entire town on da hook if we find out there are actually health issues here? If we do find health issues, will da Mosked man somehow be blamed?

DaTruth is, what da TruthTellers and da people of Manalapan need to do is show up at da May 28th Manalapan Township Committee meeting. That's da night they let da peasants know about da budget they've secretly been working on, and let us know what tax increase da Manalapanites will suffer with -- on top of last year's 28% tax increase! One reason you'll be paying more taxes - da Field of Nightmares. Another reason, da now-worldwide famous "Township of Manalapan vs Da Mosked Man" First Amendment & Land-Deal-Gone-Bad lawsuit that could very well have cost taxpayers over $150-200,000 dollars for da $10,000 cleanup of a home oil storage tank.

Again, you won't read about it in da local Snoozepaper. That's a shame, as is scraping one of those Snoozepapers off your wet driveway. Da Snoozepaper has to know all of this. Why won't they print a story on da potential health risks? Since Back Page Barratta for some reason isn't asking da hard questions - you will need to. Ask exactly how much money has been spent - down to da penny, on da "Township of Manalapan vs Da Mosked Man" lawsuit and demand evidence? Ask why Manalapan won't wait for da Federal studies on crumb rubber fields to be done before you spend millions of dollars on this "Field of Nightmares" and its upkeep? Ask why Manalapan WILL be getting another big tax increase -- on top of the 28% wallot-breaker Gang of Three led tax increase of 2007?

Go to the May 28 meeting and ask before they stick that vacuum nozzle in your wallot and siphon more money out of it for their lawsuits and pet projects. Ask to see da report Manalapan did on da Field of Nightmares health issues! Ask why Manalapan will be receiving ANOTHER tax hike - on top of last year's astronomical 28% wallot-breaker tax hike! Ask why da Queen keeps blaming "Defendant" Andy Boy for the budgets of 2005 & 2006 that she claims forced Manalapan to raise taxes 28% - and why he says nothing! Ask exactly how much Manalapan's Gang of Three has spent on "Da Township of Manalapan vs Da Mosked Man," for a mere $10,000 soil cleanup!

Don't be too surprised if they refuse to answer any of these questions. If they do - da silence will be their answers. And that's daTruth.