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  • Government Rejects Ban on Arsenic-Treated Playground Equipment

    11/04/2003 8:32:14 AM PST · by Tumbleweed_Connection · 10 replies · 236+ views
    TBO ^ | 11/4/03 | Jonathan Salant
    WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal regulators Tuesday denied a request to ban arsenic-treated lumber used in playground equipment, which environmentalists say poses a health hazard. The Consumer Product Safety Commission voted unanimously to adopt its staff's finding and recommendation that a ban was not needed because most manufacturers already have stopped using the treated wood and other makers soon will follow suit. The lumber in question is treated with a pesticide, chromated copper arsenate, that protects it from decay and insect damage. Almost all wooden playground equipment has been treated with the pesticide. The concern is that children can get cancer-causing...