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Article: High cancer risk tied to wood utility poles treated with poisonous chemicals.
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- Natural Life
- Article date:
- January 1, 2000
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Children exposed to soil around utility poles treated with pentachlorophenol (commonly known as penta or PCP), a common wood preservative, face a risk of cancer 220 times higher than the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) acceptable level. This information was obtained from the EPA through a Freedom of Information Act request by Beyond Pesticides/National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides (NCAMP).
The data mean that two children born each day are pre-destined to contracting cancer from this exposure alone. Still, every year, millions of new wood utility poles treated with penta and other dangerous chemicals are put in the yards of homes and ...