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Article: Old Golf Courses May Not Be So 'Green'; Redevelopment Raises Concerns
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- March 1, 2007
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Aging golf courses can be a developer's dream. The large and
largely treeless tracts with well-maintained, rolling lawns easily
can be converted into acres of new homes, neighborhood parks and
playing fields. Across Maryland, developers are building houses on
some former golf courses and eyeing others for their similar
potential.
But residents who live near the sites say they are worried that
the lush fairways and greens pose hidden health dangers to workers
building the developments and to current and future residents. The
tons of chemicals used on the courses for decades, they say, may
have kept the turf sparkling but could be harmful to people turning
over the soil, building on the ...