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As stipulated in your last message, below you will find pure text (e.g., no bull ;-). If you need more information on the petition supported by CAPE (Canadian Assoication of Physicians for the Environment) and 18 other health and environmental groups across Canada, get in touch with Deborah Barrie. LETHAL "PRESSURE - TREATED" WOOD FACTS: - solutions used in the manufacture of "pressure-treated" (CCA) wood contain more than 18% arsenic (Cox, 1991) - in 1990 researchers from Health Canada determined that arsenic could be obtained from "pressure-treated" wood simply by touching it (Galarneau et al., 1990) - in 1991 Health & Welfare published "pressure-treated" wood safety tips that cautioned people to "wear gloves when handling/touching CCA wood" (Health & Welfare, 1991) - research has shown that arsenic is leached from "pressure-treated" wood by rain and the organic acids found naturally in the soil (Long & McGrath, 1994) - a 1990 US Consumer Product Safety Commission study of CCA wood playground equipment estimated that 2 year old children can ingest as much as 2016 micrograms of arsenic per day by playing on CCA treated wood (Long, 1997) - there are alternative and less toxic methods of protecting wood (Bailey, 1997) - a college student, after fighting a fire on a deck made from "pressure-treated" wood, fell into a coma the next day and died ( -., 1994a) - a worker has won a $450,000 (US) lawsuit against a "pressure-treated" wood manufacture as a result of developing neuropathy in his legs from working with this product (Clement v. Wyckoff, 1990) - research has shown that the amount of arsenic leached from a 7-foot length of "pressure-treated" 2 x 4, in one week is enough to kill a rat (Warner and Solomon, 1990) - "We keep manufacturing the toxic products by the thousands and then the millions, despite the "unintended consequences", the hidden costs. Who thought of our entire planet as a testing ground?" ( Berthold - Bond, 1999, p..2) - "Toxicity is slowly draining the life out of us, yet so pervasive and effective is this systematic poisoning that we are barely, if at all, aware of it in our everyday living." (Leviton, 2001, xxii) TOXIC "PRESSURE-TREATED" WOOD (Portion of Reference Bibliography) (-, 1994a) "Letters" (April), ORGANIC GARDENING, 41(4), pp. 8-14. Bailey, Thomas (1997) "CSI Responds" ENVIRONMENTAL BUILDING NEWS, 6(4), p. 3. Berthold - Bond, Annie (1999) Better Basics For The Home. New York: Three Rivers Press, 339p. Clement v. Wyckoff Co. (1990) Wash Superior Court, King County, No. 87-2-13888-7, judgment entered 9/13/90. Cox, Caroline (1991) "Chromated Copper Arsenate", JOURNAL OF PESTICIDE REFORM, Spring , pp. 19-23 Galarneau, D., Riedel, D., Harrison, J., Gregoire, D.C. and Bertrand, N. (1990) "Residues of Arsenic, Chromium and Copper on and Near Outdoor Structures Built of Wood Treated with `CCA' Type Preservatives", AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY), Aug. 26-31. Leviton, Richard (2001) The Healthy Living Space. Charlottesville: Hampton Roads Publishing, 625 p. ISBN 1-57174-209-3. Long, Cheryl (1997) "Arsenic again shown to leach from pressure treated wood" ORGANIC GARDENING, Apr., 44(4), pp. 18, 20. Long, Cheryl and McGrath, Mike (1994) "Treated Wood", ORGANIC GARDENING, Jan., 41(1), pp. 71-74. Warner, J.E. and Solomon, K.R. (1990) "Acidity as a Factor in Leaching of Copper, Chromium and Arsenic from CCA-Treated Dimension Lumber", ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY & CHEMISTRY (9), pp. 1331-1337. We, the undersigned residents of Canada, draw the attention of the House to the following: THAT arsenic and chromium are currently listed as 'toxic' under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999; AND THAT there is increasing evidence that Canadians and their environment are being poisoned by exposure to these components through (among other things) the use and misuse of "Chromated Copper Arsenic (CCA) Pressure Treated Wood"; THEREFORE, pursuant to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA), other relevant legislation, and relying on the application of the Precautionary Principle, your petitioners call upon Parliament to immediately ban the use of these compounds in pressure treated wood and other wood products. Signatures(sign your own name and do not print) Addresses(provide full home address or your city and province) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Signatures(sign your own name and do not print) Addresses(provide full home address or your city and province) 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. Brian Bradley home page: http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~ax876 -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- SUST-MAR TIP: messages to sust-mar must be plain text format (no HTML) -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
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