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3 Steps to Take If You Have CCA Wood in Your Backyard

Annie B. Bond by Annie B. Bond | May 8th, 2009 | Comments (1)
topic: Green Living, Healthy Home | tags: arsenic, carcinogen, CCA, chemicals, chromated copper arsenate, deck lumber, environmental toxins, playground equipment, pressure treated wood

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I don’t make many mistakes when it comes to keeping toxic chemicals out of my house — and off my property. I have an eagle eye for such things because of my experiences with chemical sensitivity and my longtime work to help others avoid harmful chemicals. But now and then the wool gets pulled over my eyes, or I go into denial when I should know better. Case in point for me: pressure-treated chromated copper arsenate (CCA) treated wood.

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