Pressure treated wood

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Hi! Can anyone give me some info- on the potential problems ofuseing pressure treated wood. I'm a certified vegetable grower,who has a neighbor with a large pile of the stuff near one of my fields.I am concerned and would like to know some facts about the stuff before I have any discussions about it. thanks- Karl Frost at kafr@earthlink.net

-- Karl Frost (kafr@earthlink.net), September 07, 2000

Answers

organic gardening had a In depth artical on treated wood abouta year ago, If you email them I am sure they would send you a copy ,www.organicgardening.com

-- kathy h (saddlebronc@msn.com), September 07, 2000.

The biggest problem is arsnic leeching. Check with the certification board for treated wood that is acceptable and has no arsnic used in the treatment.

Or you could try the kind of recycled plastic artificial lumber that Organic Gardening was promoting when Mike McGrath was editor. If you hit there website you can e-mail Mike a question. Annette

-- annette (j_a_henry@yahoo.com), September 08, 2000.


My brother-in-law nearly lost his finger from a pressure treated wood splinter. I won't have the stuff on my property, and I certainly wouldn't eat anything that was grown near it. Why does your neighbor have a pile of it?

-- Kathy (catfish@bestweb.net), September 08, 2000.

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