They did until a couple of years ago and it is still available for some uses.
Two/three years ago, after it had been banned for use in houses, a dealer for
BK Cypress Log Homes quoted me a package that contained arsenic treated lumber
and, when I questioned him, sent me an awful email regarding the safety of this
wood and how no person would eat it. Tennessee Log Homes had a dealer who was
very unhappy when I rejected some of his arguments re arsenic treated wood.
(There is a lot more to that story.......if you ever consider using them email
me personally and you won't consider it for long). Arsenic leaches into the
soil and poisons the plants, water etc. It is also used in some fencing and
creosote is used in RR ties that are used for landscape timbers. Power poles
and telephone poles as well as fence posts more than a couple of years old are
probably treated. They certainly weren't removed. There are questions about
the current "accepted" treated woods. Please remember how long the arsenic
treated was considered safe. Obviously I am a tree-hugger but please, with
that many illnesses, please have it checked.
If you have men who will
exclude any of God's creatures
from the shelter of compassion
and pity, you will have men who
will deal likewise with their
fellow man.
St. Francis
----- Original Message -----
From: Leslie Lawther
To: [email protected]
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 6:26 PM
Subject: Re: Something is killing my cats, please help me
Do they use arsenic in pressure treated lumber still today?!?
On 6/27/07, Marylyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Check for arsenic as in treated lumber.......decks, play areas etc. Even
wood used in a basement.
If you have men who will
exclude any of God's creatures
from the shelter of
compassion and pity, you will have men who
will deal likewise with
their fellow man.
St.
Francis
----- Original Message -----
From: Kelley Saveika
To: felvtalk
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 6:18 PM
Subject: Something is killing my cats, please help me
This is the toll so far from this year, not including kittens.
Joey - 10 - died in late April. Being treated for AIHA.
Lucky Lady - 12 - got sick, was adopted by my vet, apparently recovered
but is now dying, they think cancer.
Caroline - ran up a bill in excess of $1,000. No one knows what was or
is wrong. Possible FIP (but she's getting better), brain cancer, toxo.
Suzie - I don't even want to see the bill and don't know how I am going
to pay it. Possible FIP, toxo.
They are all 5 and up. All presented with massive dehydration (skin
tenting), anorexia, massiive weight loss.
Some w/neuro symptoms..bloodwork varying...
All tested neg/neg for FELV.
Tehy are down to looking in my house for asbestos and lead....someone
please help me...I don't know what is killing my cats....
--
Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time.
http://www.rescuties.org
Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life!
http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20
Please help Caroline!
http://rescuties.chipin.com/caroline
I GoodSearch for Rescuties.
Raise money for your favorite charity or school just by searching the
Internet with GoodSearch - www.goodsearch.com - powered by Yahoo!
--
Leslie =^..^=
To leave the world a better place - whether by a healthy child, a garden
patch, or an improved social condition - that is to have succeeded. That only
one life breathed easier because you lived - that is success.
---Ralph Waldo Emerson
