Hello All,
I just purchased a few timber logs from Home Depot...are these ok to use
around the garden? The wood contains arsenic, but what level I'm not sure.
They don't butt up against the soil, but they're about 4-5 inches away.
Thanks in advance for your feedback.

Ed Falcon

Well, I'm biased, admittedly. Here is a link to what Organic Gardening Magazine
has to say about it:

http://www.organicgardening.com/watc...eatedwood.html

While there are many other articles out there in cyberland, you can simply do a
search on cca treated wood, or pressure treated wood and no matter how you cut
it, exposure to arsenic is certain when handling it.

How much of it gets in through your skin is another study in the works. The
organic industry is trying to have it phased out and replaced with many other
alternatives.

Since you already bought this cca wood, you can seal it with an oil based
sealant, but I don't like the effect THOSE have on the environment, either!

So, rock and hard place.

Do the research and make a decision based on University studies, along with
other claims and studies.

I, no matter how tempting it is, will not ever use it. If it kills one worm in
the soil it's too much, IMO.

One last thing. The molecular structure of cca is in a state which root hairs
indeed can uptake the whole molecule. It's a very complicated study, but I do
believe cca will be phased out.

Victoria



On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 03:43:32 GMT, "Ed Falcon"
wrote:

Hello All,
I just purchased a few timber logs from Home Depot...are these ok to use
around the garden? The wood contains arsenic, but what level I'm not sure.
They don't butt up against the soil, but they're about 4-5 inches away.
Thanks in advance for your feedback.

Ed Falcon

Well, I've decided to get rid of the logs. I'll be replacing them with
brick within the next couple weeks. Thanks for the feedback Victoria.

Ed


"animaux" wrote in message
...
Well, I'm biased, admittedly. Here is a link to what Organic Gardening
Magazine
has to say about it:

http://www.organicgardening.com/watc...eatedwood.html

While there are many other articles out there in cyberland, you can simply
do a
search on cca treated wood, or pressure treated wood and no matter how you
cut
it, exposure to arsenic is certain when handling it.

How much of it gets in through your skin is another study in the works.
The
organic industry is trying to have it phased out and replaced with many
other
alternatives.

Since you already bought this cca wood, you can seal it with an oil based
sealant, but I don't like the effect THOSE have on the environment,
either!

So, rock and hard place.

Do the research and make a decision based on University studies, along
with
other claims and studies.

I, no matter how tempting it is, will not ever use it. If it kills one
worm in
the soil it's too much, IMO.

One last thing. The molecular structure of cca is in a state which root
hairs
indeed can uptake the whole molecule. It's a very complicated study, but
I do
believe cca will be phased out.

Victoria



On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 03:43:32 GMT, "Ed Falcon"

wrote:

Hello All,
I just purchased a few timber logs from Home Depot...are these ok to use
around the garden? The wood contains arsenic, but what level I'm not
sure.
They don't butt up against the soil, but they're about 4-5 inches away.
Thanks in advance for your feedback.

Ed Falcon