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Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 18:11:27 -0300 (ADT)
From: "Brian C. Bradley" <ax876@chebucto.ns.ca>
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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.

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Brian Bradley
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