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Article: Views at odds at CPSC public briefing on CCA-treated wood.(Consumer Product Safety Commission)
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- CPSC Monitor
- Article date:
- March 1, 2003
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Angela Logomasini, representing the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), recently summarized CPSC's March 17 public briefing (1) on a petition to ban CCA-treated wood in playground equipment. (2)
CPSC is considering a petition by the Environmental Working Group and the Healthy Building Network to ban CCA-treated wood in playground equipment. Petitioners allege that CCA-treated wood leaches arsenic and that children playing on equipment built of such wood are at higher risk for bladder and lung cancer.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has already said it plans to cancel the registrations (3) of companies who produce the wood products.