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EPA Sends Confusing Message on Arsenic

Some People are Asking Why the Treated Wood Was Not Banned Outright

Orlando Sentinel, Stephanie Erickson
Published February 17, 2002

They handed down their ruling after decades of debate, but have left parents more confused than ever. If arsenic-treated lumber is dangerous enough to send a $4 billion-a-year industry to its near-demise, then shouldn't it be bad enough to be yanked from back yards and campgrounds? Or so some are asking. The Environmental Protection Agency says no -- yet the agency continues to tell the public that reducing exposure to arsenic-treated lumber is "desirable," and offers a slew of tips for people handling wood that has been treated with the pesticide chromated copper arsenate, or CCA. To view the rest of this article, please visit www.orlandosentinel.com.
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