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 http://enn.com/news/wire-stories/2002/02/02012002/ap_lumber_46286.asp