And just some warnings about some pressure treated wood...
Be careful with pressure treated wood. Make sure it is labeled
as not being treated with CCA. CCA contains arsenic whereby
humidifying the wood could realease toxic arsonic gas.
I don't know much about it... just passing along some info I've
been reading about CCA wood. I don't know how to test it,
but I found a bunch of information by doing a search for:
CCA arsenic
The news stations here in Florida recently broadcast some news
about how Home Depot and Lowes are both selling CCA
treated mulch (red mulch) and are both refusing to label the
products as containing arsenic poisoning. The government has
allowed them to continue selling the product as is.
This first link has a lot of information, just CTRL+F to find CCA
on the page:
http://www.noccawood.ca/cgi-scripts/...News%202003.db
This other link is an article published in the St. Pete. Times in March
of 2001 about pressure treated (CCA-treated) playsets that are being
sold across the country for children to play on:
http://www.sptimes.com/News/031101/S..._your_ba.shtml
Some symptoms of arsenic poisoning when you play around with
arsenic treated mulch, include numbness in the hands and toes, or
numbness in the limb that touches the poisonous wood, and
possibly nausea (I think this might be one of the symptoms if it's
inhaled, but I don't know).
--
Jim Carlock
http://www.votetoimpeach.org/
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"theoneflasehaddock" wrote:
Subject: Is the problem using pressure treated lumber,or planting under
pine trees?
From: dr-solo
Date: 7/24/2004 10:53 PM Central Daylight Time
my pressure treated wood raised beds were lined with plastic (all but the
bottom) to
help hold the moisture in. they are now filled with nice jungles of plants.
Ingrid
Please don't do that under a tree. The tree will grow new roots closer to the
surface because of lack of oxygen, and will end up with a shallower root
system, making it more susceptible to high winds.
Putting lots of stones around the base of a tree has a similar effect.
At the very least, don't do it near your house. Especially if where you live
occasionally has high winds.
-
theoneflasehaddock