I have no problem with telling consumers it s safe. Plants grown in soil touched by CCA-treated wood have the same miniscule exposure levels. For decades CCA-treated wood has been used commercially near crops in the form of tomato stakes, vineyard supports banana props and mushroom trays. No problems have ever been recorded that indicate that the preservative migrates into plants and causes any health effects. The substantial benefits of CCA-treated wood should not be overshadowed by unfounded scare tactics.
Treated wood offers substantial benefits to consumers and poses no known health hazard.
Critics who claim that treated wood threatens health have no scientific evidence to support their charges. ACSH was founded in 1978 by a group of scientists who had become concerned that many important public policies related to health and the environment did not have a sound scientific basis. These scientists created the organization to add reason and balance to debates about public health issues and bring common sense views to the public. HBN reads between the lines of Industry Propogana. Those are some pretty serious allegations that are being made there.