TALKS BEGIN ON REMOVING WOOD WITH ARSENIC-BASED PESTICIDES FROM MARKET
Wood decks, playground equipment and picnic tables treated
with a preservative containing arsenic could be taken off
the market soon.  Talks under way between federal regulators
and lumber industry officials focus on chromated copper
arsenate, or CCA, a powerful pesticide used to protect lumber
from decay and insect damage.

Source: Associated Press

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