Heh?
Being that politics is of the essence, Home Depot and Lowes are both engaged in the same politics that the tobacco industry are engaged in...
Both companies are selling red mulch chips that are considered toxic in other countries and are banned from being shipped to many other countries. This only seems to be happening in the State of Florida where Jeb Bush has verbally expressed distaste about the fact, he wasn't the Governor when it started happening, but he does little else to do anything about it and I suspect he is taking bribes from Home Depot and Lowes the Red (CCA) Mulch industry. Jeb Bush speaks loudly against it but he does nothing else about it accept perhaps accept bribes.
Furthermore, the state of Florida is using CCA in their State and City parks where kids play on the swings and rides.
Just what is CCA ? It's a treatment used on wood which preserves the wood. And after a certain period of time, the CCA starts to break down and toxic levels of Arsenic become present.
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some may think this is off-topic, it's the soil that is being poisioned. So working in the garden may develop into tingling sensations in the fingers or feet.
While Arsenic is a natural substance found everywhere in nature, it is not good for anyone to put a poisonous amount of arsenic into the environment.
And while the arsenic poisoning didn't start while Jeb Bush was in office, because I've looked and looked and I really want to blame it on Jeb Bush, the only thing I could come up with is that Florida Governor Jeb Bush only states its a bad situation and does nothing else. It's like George Bush drinking and doing cocaine but never admiting to it. :-) It's like Laura Bush going to Chip-N-Dales dances but never admitting to it. They have things to hide so they refuse to talk.
As far as I know CCA is used in building houses and other things and it is used quite extensively. But it seems as if it the arsenic breaks out of it's containment when exposed to the sun ? And there's a lot of sun in Florida and folks all over the state are complaining about numbness in their hands and feet after using CCA treated wood mulch bought from Home Depot AND Lowes.
Some other names that CCA treated wood goes by include: pressurized wood treated wood pressure-treated wood
Home Depot has refused to stop the sales of this wood. That was in the public broadcasts of local Florida tv news recently.
Doing some further research, any CCA treated wood will start to release highly toxic arsine gas when exposed to moisture.
Furthermore there is some more information about it available, here, indicating that CCA wood is being used in parks in different states as well...
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dangers are clearly present and the wood is banned by many countries and a growing number of countries.
The government is there to protect you, not poison you. Everyone needs to do something about this and prevent it from reoccuring. Contact your politicians, demonstrate outside of Home Depot and let them know that you want the right things done.