Environmentalists urge CCA ban on wooden playground structures. (Markets).(chromated copper arsenate )

Chemical Market Reporter, March, 2003

ENVIRONMENTAL activists have asked the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to ban the use of chromated copper arsenate (CCA) on wooden playground equipment, charging that exposure to arsenic-treated wood increases children's risk of cancer. Environmental Working Group (EWG) says its request is based on a new round of laboratory tests that found high levels of arsenic contamination even on older pressure-treated wooden structures.

The Washington, D.C.-based group says the action is further justified by recent findings from government scientists that arsenic is a more potent cancer agent and a higher risk for children than previously believed. In a report issued last month, the CPSC stated that children could face an increased lifetime risk...

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