making tanalised timber safe

Jun 23, 2004 1 Replies

I've recently heard that that there is a potential risk to kids playing on garden playsets made from tanalised timber, due to the arsenic used to preserve the wood coming out on to their hands. Is there any way to reduce/remove this risk, by coating the wood with varnish or some other product?


Unless your kids take to licking or eating the timber, the risk is negligible.

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