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Subject: Pressure Treated Wood and Arsenic
From: Lawrence Peters <laruetine@earthlink.net>
Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net
Date: Thu, 09 Aug 01 11:32:15
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I recently read an article on the subject of kids playgrounds, and pressure
treated wood. I wish I could say where the article was, but I read it in a
Drs. office, and then put the magazine down. In any case, they said that
pressure treated wood leaches arsenic.

I moved into a house the has a really nice big raised bed, about 15 X 30.
A great size for a background garden. It is surrounded by pressure treated
4 X 4s stacked.

So, are these leaching poison into my organic garden?