Arsenic in Treated Wood

EWG testimony before the Consumer Product Safety Commission in March 2003 on our petition to ban the arsenic containing chemical, CCA, from use in publich playgrounds & parks.

An EWG study finds that consumers with old wood structures remain at risk from arsenic that easily wipes off the wood surface. Use these 10 safety steps to reduce your family's exposure.

The EPA will not be able to protect the nation's children from arsenic unless it regulates arsenic in pressure-treated wood.

According to a recent study from the Environmental Working Group (EWG), state officials are falling down on the job of enforcing basic environmental laws. In the 1980s many governors asked for environmental enforcement responsibility to be shifted from the federal government to the states, but a months-long computer investigation by EWG shows that rather than cleaning up the nation's air and water the states are passing on the most basic of enforcement activities - inspecting the worst known polluters.