New Softball Field in Wrong Place

As Valhalla's Fields are contaminated, and everyone is realizing that we have been lied to and continue to be lied to, it should not be lost that Valhalla has been cited by the NY state comptroller for violating the law by entering into a capital project (the fill for fields deal) with out voter approval, operating an illegal and we know now toxic dump with out state permit. That may sound strange, a school district needing a permit to operate a toxic dump but this is Valhalla and strange is commonplace. They were cited for illegally spending money on the fill for fields deal, illegally leasing the artifical turf, illegally purchasing the artifical turf when they realized they were illegally leasing it.

We also point out in the Valhalla Voice, the back stop for the new softball field sits in play in the baseball centerfield. When team benches, ondeck areas and fan bleachers are added, the softball field starts to extend toward the baseball shortstop. As a result, if every these fields are reopenend after we spend miilions to remedy the toxic mess (Eastchester will spend $2.5 million on one field alone) We will have to maintain four fields to play two games as two games can not be played simultaneously on the $2.5 million fields (plus what ever has been spent to date)

Too bad these issues continue to cost the taxpayers to correct the mistakes of an incompetent administration.

Well the fields are contaminated, with carcinogens. The DEP has taken over control of the Fields, the What Me Worry superintendent is talking about the spring season being played on the contaminents and the parents are, as usual, silent. They will not even speak out to protect their children from these educrats. Congratualtion to the parents who are now speaking out.

The Contaminated Fill- Where is the outrage?

Here is some information on three of those carcinogens that are on the field:

They send home a notice if someone in your child's class is exposed to lice.
Here is just some of what our children played on last year. And what the children at the Kensico School are a few feet from every day, (copied from the New Jersey Department of Health Website) and brought to your children compliments of the Valhalla Board of Education:

Benzo(b)fluoranthene is a PROBABLE CARCINOGEN in humans. There may be no safe level of exposure to a carcinogen, so all contact should be reduced to the lowest possible level.
* The above exposure limits are for air levels only. When skin contact also occurs, you may be overexposed, even though air levels are less than the limits listed above.

Benz(a)Anthracene may be a CARCINOGEN in humans.
There may be no safe level of exposure to a carcinogen, so all contact should be reduced to the lowest possible level.
WAYS OF REDUCING EXPOSURE
* Enclose operations and use local exhaust ventilation at the site of chemical release. If local exhaust ventilation or enclosure is not used, respirators should be worn.
A regulated, marked area should be established where Benz(a)Anthracene is handled, used, or stored.
* Wear protective work clothing.
* When using small quantities of Benz(a)Anthracene use in
a glove box.
* Wash thoroughly immediately after exposure to Benz(a)
Anthracene and at the end of the workshift.
* Post hazard and warning information in the work area. In addition, as part of an ongoing education and training effort, communicate all information on the health and safety hazards of Benz(a)Anthracene to potentially exposed workers.
Chronic Health Effects
The following chronic (long-term) health effects can occur at some time after exposure to Benzo(a)pyrene and can last for months or years:
Cancer Hazard
* Benzo(a)pyrene is a PROBABLE CARCINOGEN in humans. There is some evidence that it causes skin, lung, and bladder cancer in humans and in animals.
* Benzo(a)pyrene has caused CANCER in the offspring of animals exposed to the substance during pregnancy.
* Many scientists believe there is no safe level of exposure to a carcinogen.
Reproductive Hazard
* Benzo(a)pyrene may damage the developing fetus.
* There is some evidence that Benzo(a)pyrene may affect sperm and testes (male reproductive glands).
* Benzo(a)pyrene may be transferred to nursing infants through the exposed mother's milk.
Other Long-Term Effects
* Repeated exposure to Benzo(a)pyrene can cause skin changes such as thickening, darkening, and pimples. Later skin changes include loss of color, reddish areas, thinning of the skin, and warts.

Chryzene
Acute Health Effects
The following acute (short-term) health effects may occur
immediately or shortly after exposure to Chrysene:
* If skin contaminated with Chrysene is exposed to sunlight, a rash or sunburn effect can occur, sometimes with blisters.
Chronic Health Effects
The following chronic (long-term) health effects can occur at some time after exposure to Chrysene and can last for months or years:
Cancer Hazard
* There is limited evidence that Chrysene causes cancer in animals. It may cause skin cancer.
* Many scientists believe there is no safe level of exposure to a carcinogen. Such substances may also have the potential for causing reproductive damage in humans.
Reproductive Hazard
* According to the information presently available to the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Chrysene has not been tested for its ability to affect reproduction.

Other Long-Term Effects
* Permanent changes in skin pigment can occur if contaminated skin is exposed to sunlight.
Where is the outrage?

Now we know the board knew the fields were contaminated a year ago and made the children play on the contaminated fields. Is that criminal? Yes it is. Did the lawyers make them do it? Did they do it for the children? Are they respoinsible for exposing children to cancer causing elements? This illegal contaminated dump is on the edge of the Kensico watershed. They made a conscious decision to put children at risk and to hide this information. When we asked to see the results of the 2004 tests, the snoking gun letter proving that they were told that the fiels was with held. You can see the smoking gun link below.The Smoking gun they hid from our FOIL