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Credit Pacific Service Union Newly built wooden decks, jungle gyms and possibly even New Jersey's boardwalks will pose less of a cancer threat under a national agreement announced Tuesday to phase out arsenic-treated wood by the end of 2003.

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Credit First Service Union The lumber industry has voluntarily agreed to stop putting chromated copper arsenic, or CCA, in almost all treated wood used for residential projects, according to Christie Whitman, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA.

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Card Credit Discover Service Arsenic is a known human carcinogen, but Whitman said the EPA has not concluded that CCA-treated wood poses an unreasonable risk to people using it around their homes.

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Credit Public Service Union Still, the EPA advises people not to place food directly on CCA-treated wood, and parents should make sure children wash their hands after playing around it.

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Card Credit Processing Service CCA-treated wood is pine that is pressure-treated with chemicals that protect it against rot and insect infestation. Arsenic is included as a pesticide.

Center Credit Service Union Several alternative pressure-treated woods already are available, including brands such as Wolmanized Natural Select, ACQ Preserve, and NatureWood, said Parker Brugge, executive director of the Treated Wood Council.

Card Credit Service Wireless The alternatives cost about 20 percent more than the arsenic-treated equivalent, he said.

Credit Security Service Union The industry maintains that arsenic-treated woods are no more of a health threat than the new alternatives, but "everyone wants to reduce their exposure to what they perceive as quote-unquote chemicals," Brugge said.

Credit Report Service By January 2004, the EPA no longer will allow CCA products to be used for play-structures, decks, picnic tables, landscaping timbers, residential fencing, patios and walkways/boardwalks, according to the agency.

Blogspot Com Christian CCA lumber will continue to be available for industrial uses and for bulkheads, docks, boats and other structures that are submerged in salt water.

Christian Counseling Credit It was not clear Tuesday if the agreement bans CCA lumber from being used to replace sections of municipal boardwalks in places such as Ocean City and Wildwood.

Credit Federal Service Union Atlantic City uses mostly tropical hardwoods, not pressure-treated wood, in its Boardwalk.

Credit Monitoring Service Brugge said he believes the agreement bans CCA lumber from public boardwalks because they are not immersed in water.

Credit Division Service But EPA spokesman Dave Ryan said shore towns might still be able to buy arsenic-treated lumber for their ocean promenades.

Card Credit Online Service "If they claim it's saltwater lumber, we don't think it will be effected," Ryan said.

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Card Credit Fleet Service In addition to pressure-treated woods, local builders said there are any number of long-lasting alternatives for building decks and walkways.

Card Consolidation Credit Tuesday morning found Laif Hanson, an Absecon-based builder, putting the finishing touches on a deck off Delilah Road that had CCA-treated railings and a cedar floor.

Credit Free Online Report Cedar is naturally rot-resistant, so it doesn't need to be treated with chemicals. But cedar is more expensive than CCA-wood, he said.

Credit Federal First Service "Once you sand it up, it's softer and real nice on bare feet," Hanson said.

Consumer Credit Service Vinyl decks are popular, but they can get too hot on sunny days, he said. They also are expensive, but have the advantage of being maintenance free.

Center Credit Family Service Other popular materials include Fiberglas, concrete, and composite boards made of compressed wood and plastics, he said.

Credit Reporting Service Although CCA-wood is strong and easy to work with, Hanson said he won't be too sad to see it go.

Cca Credit Division Service "I know that it's bad for me," he said. "I try not to breathe in too much when I'm working with it."

Credit Free Report Service Homeowners who are concerned about a CCA-deck they already own can buy a vinyl shell that snaps over it, he said.

Card Credit Customer Discover "That way, you're safe," Hanson said.

Credit Repair Report Service Gary Donnelly, president of the National Lumber and Building Materials Association, said he is concerned that Tuesday's announcement could leave lumber dealers with treated lumber that no one will buy.

Credit Legal Repair Service "One of our concerns is how the consumer is going to react," Donnelly said. "Are they all of a sudden going to think it's harmful? EPA doesn't say it's harmful. It's just a public perception."

Cic Credit Monitoring Service EPA's Ryan said the agency is still studying whether CCA lumber is a health threat, but Tuesday's voluntary agreement was a quicker way to get it off the market than the normal regulatory process.

Ccs Credit Division Service The New Jersey Environmental Federation, which participated in a national letter-writing campaign, took some of the credit Tuesday for pressuring the industry and EPA to phase out arsenic-treated wood.

Credit Service Union Worker "It shows how consumers, when they act with one voice, can change the marketplace," said Jane Nogaki, the federation's pesticide-program coordinator.

1st Credit Service Union But Nogaki said the agreement is only "half a loaf," because it still allows marine uses of CCA-wood, which can harm fish, and it doesn't address disposal of the arsenic-tainted material.

Card Chase Credit Customer "Did EPA and the industry go far enough? No," Nogaki said. "Will it reduce arsenic exposure to kids? Yes."

Card Chase Credit Service By Jack Kaskey
The Press of Atlantic City - 2/13/2002

Topic: Toxics

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