Hi, I was planning to make some planters for our garden from decking
boards (from Wickes or B&Q).
As it's treated it should last a long time, however I am worried
whether this 'treatment' is harmful to small children by touching or
chewing (we have a 15 month old son and hope to have another child).
I would have thought it was safe as it's so widely used but just
wanted to double-check.
Thanks

In article . com,
writes:
| Hi, I was planning to make some planters for our garden from decking
| boards (from Wickes or B&Q).
| As it's treated it should last a long time, however I am worried
| whether this 'treatment' is harmful to small children by touching or
| chewing (we have a 15 month old son and hope to have another child).
| I would have thought it was safe as it's so widely used but just
| wanted to double-check.

It's not safe to chew, but lots of things aren't - I doubt that even
the ubiquitous MDF is. Teach them not to chew things without permission.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

On 8 Jun, 14:13, (Nick Maclaren) wrote:
In article . writes:

It's not safe to chew, but lots of things aren't - I doubt that even
the ubiquitous MDF is. Teach them not to chew things without permission.

Thanks, Nick.
I shall have stern words with him straight away!

In article .com,
writes:
|
| It's not safe to chew, but lots of things aren't - I doubt that even
| the ubiquitous MDF is. Teach them not to chew things without permission.
|
| I shall have stern words with him straight away!

I used the methods of the late lamented Professor Pavlov - they work
as well on Homo sapiens as on Canis lupus familiaris.

Try painting them with chili powder paste if you have trouble :-)


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Generally speaking you can say its safe. The preserver is forced under pressure inside the timber and by now the carrying solvent would have evaporated. You would need to eat an awful lot of wood for it do do harm I think. Touching is not a problem.

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In article .com,
writes:
|
| It's not safe to chew, but lots of things aren't - I doubt that even
| the ubiquitous MDF is. Teach them not to chew things without
permission.
|
| I shall have stern words with him straight away!

I used the methods of the late lamented Professor Pavlov - they work
as well on Homo sapiens as on Canis lupus familiaris.

Try painting them with chili powder paste if you have trouble :-)

The decking boards or the children?

Mary


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

In article ,
"Mary Fisher" writes:
|
| Try painting them with chili powder paste if you have trouble :-)
|
| The decking boards or the children?

Well, I meant the boards, but it would certainly improve the palatability
of the children.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

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In article .com,
writes:
|
| It's not safe to chew, but lots of things aren't - I doubt that even
| the ubiquitous MDF is. Teach them not to chew things without
permission.
|
| I shall have stern words with him straight away!

I used the methods of the late lamented Professor Pavlov - they work
as well on Homo sapiens as on Canis lupus familiaris.

Try painting them with chili powder paste if you have trouble :-)

The decking boards or the children?

I would do both, my children were often a pain in the backside!(:-)

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In article ,
"Mary Fisher" writes:
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| Try painting them with chili powder paste if you have trouble :-)
|
| The decking boards or the children?

Well, I meant the boards, but it would certainly improve the palatability
of the children.

Would that be roast, fried or boiled children?

Or should that be barbequed?

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In article ,
"Mary Fisher" writes:
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| Try painting them with chili powder paste if you have trouble :-)
|
| The decking boards or the children?

Well, I meant the boards, but it would certainly improve the palatability
of the children.

Would that be roast, fried or boiled children?

Or should that be barbequed?

sigh

Barbecued. There's no 'q' in the word.

Mary

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In article ,
"Mary Fisher" writes:
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| Try painting them with chili powder paste if you have trouble :-)
|
| The decking boards or the children?

Well, I meant the boards, but it would certainly improve the
palatability
of the children.

Would that be roast, fried or boiled children?

Or should that be barbequed?

sigh

Barbecued. There's no 'q' in the word.

Mary

and I think this thread should be taken to f+d

Mary

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In article ,
"Mary Fisher" writes:
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| Try painting them with chili powder paste if you have trouble :-)
|
| The decking boards or the children?

Well, I meant the boards, but it would certainly improve the
palatability
of the children.

Would that be roast, fried or boiled children?

Or should that be barbequed?

sigh

Barbecued. There's no 'q' in the word.

Mary

and I think this thread should be taken to f+d

Mary


Tee heee heeee

Judith p.s. we are on the hunt for the Omelet thing for chickens.

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Try painting them with chili powder paste if you have trouble :-)

The decking boards or the children?

I would do both, my children were often a pain in the backside!(:-)

Try moving them off the furniture before you sit down.

HTH.

--
Brian

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In article ,
"Mary Fisher" writes:

Try painting them with chili powder paste if you have trouble :-)

The decking boards or the children?

Well, I meant the boards, but it would certainly improve the
palatability of the children.

Would that be roast, fried or boiled children?

Or should that be barbequed?

Oh come on now....................be serious............you can't fit a
whole child on a BBQ spit!
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ßôyþëtë
London, UK

On Fri, 08 Jun 2007 05:49:34 -0700, wrote:

Hi, I was planning to make some planters for our garden from decking
boards (from Wickes or B&Q).
As it's treated it should last a long time, however I am worried
whether this 'treatment' is harmful to small children by touching or
chewing (we have a 15 month old son and hope to have another child).
I would have thought it was safe as it's so widely used but just
wanted to double-check.
Thanks

Absolutely stunning that a parent should need to ask such a question!
There should be a test before people are allowed to breed, you clearly
wouldn't even find the test centre.

ALL wood treatments are highly toxic. To answer another poster MDF is
full of toxins.


Do society a favour and give the kids up for adoption, you're clearly
an idiot!

No doubt you're the sort of parent who thinks it's OK to leave the
kids alone while you pop out for a meal?