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Environmental Working Group Highly Critical of White House Delay in Releasing Study Finding Toxic Rocket Fuel Chemical (Perchlorate) in Most Americans
Mar 5, 2006 | Newsinferno News Staff
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) is a highly credible public watchdog organization that has been dedicated to conducting environmental...
PLAYGROUND POISON
Aug 15, 2004 | New York Post
A third of the playgrounds in Central Park expose kids to potentially dangerous levels of arsenic, a Post investigation has found. Pressure-treated...
Play Sets' Arsenic Risk Alarms Parents
Aug 9, 2004 | The News Journal
Playtime spills and scrapes used to be Ed Webb's biggest worry when he looked at the backyard wooden play set he bought for his family's suburban...
Wood Pesticide Still Used Despite Hazards
Jun 9, 2004 | Scripps Howard News Service
The hazards of human exposure to the popular wood preservative known as creosote from skin rashes to lung cancer are well known to government...
Treated Wood Is Cancer Risk For Kids
May 16, 2004 | KNIGHT RIDDER NEWSPAPSERS
With spring weather drawing people outdoors, the chemical arsenic, a carcinogen, is giving families a new worry: Are decks, swing sets, playgrounds,...
Playing With Arsenic
May 8, 2004 | THE NEWS-GAZETTE
On a sunny spring day, Prairie Play in Urbana's Meadowbrook Park is one popular place. Children chase each other through a wooden, castlelike...
Arsenic-Treated Wood Can No Longer Be Produced
Dec 30, 2003 | www.thewgalchannel.com
It's the end of the line for some dangerous lumber.Pressure-treated wood can be found in some 50 million American homes, but research has found that...
Arsenic Treated Wood Being Phased Out
Dec 29, 2003 | www.woodtv.com
Chromated Copper Arsenate, or CCA, has been around since the 1930's, and it is contained in 98 percent of the lumber sold in the US for outdoor use....
Safety Concerns Cut Down Treated Lumber Used By Millions
Dec 28, 2003 | USA TODAY
In three days, the pressure-treated lumber used for millions of backyard decks, fences and play sets will head into extinction, its production halted...
Feds Worried on Playground-Cancer Link
Nov 15, 2003 | AP
Federal regulators worried about increased cancer risks to children said Friday they might recommend the use of wood sealants to contain the arsenic...
Pressure Treated Wood
