Pressure-Treated Wood To Be Reevaluated
Posted by: Kathie Brosemer (kathie) on October 29, 2001 at 23:16:16
from the arsenic-and-old-evidence dept.
From the CBC: OTTAWA - Health Canada is re-evaluating its approval of pressure treated wood for use in play structures amid concerns that harmful chemicals could be leaching from it. A report done by one of its own scientists a decade ago sounded the alarm. (While they're at it, maybe they can stop its use in picnic tables - workers aren't supposed to eat while working with it, until they've washed their hands. But we can safely put our food on it and eat lunch every day? I don't think so!)