| > | >>> Won't hurt them a bit. | > | >>>
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| > | >> That's the stupidest thing I've heard since a Bush press conference | > two | > | >> weeks ago. Congratulations. | > | >>
| > | >> Who told you to say that? I need links to research. Now. | > | >>
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| > | > And the truth is probably in between. How much of the PT chemical | > will you | > | > pick up on your had if you touch it? Once dried for a time, I'd say | > very | > | > little. Are there cases of poisonings from just touching? Do you | > have | > | > any links to research? | > | | > | | > | By the way, the chemicals we're dealing with in PT cannot be properly | > tested | > | for safety. | >
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| > The real reason for avoiding it is that some of us prefer not to | > | have our kids used as laboratory rats. | >
| > thats the doctors job | > take your medicine. | >
| > todays PT is arsenic free | > would't you know that................ if you are so concerned | | | It doesn't really matter. Whatever is in it is designed to stop "life" that | would eat the wood. Do you know what's in it now? | |
Two new compounds will be, at least for the time being, the preservatives of choice for pressure-treating lumber. The most common is ACQ - Amine Copper Quat - which will still utilize copper as its primary ingredient. Gone will be the chromium and arsenic, which are being replaced by a solution of ammonia. Manufacturers state that ACQ-treated lumber will look very much the same as CCA-treated wood, with perhaps a slightly browner color.
The second, copper-azole, has been used in Europe and Japan for some time but is fairly new in the United States. As with ACQ, copper-azole compounds do not contain any chemicals that are listed with the EPA as carcinogens, and are in fact utilized by some growers for the treatment of fruit. Wood treated with copper-azole will have a slightly greenish tint that manufacturers say weathers to a brownish tone.