Consumer Information
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Sydney Survey Results
Retailer information about CCA-treated timber
Is Arsenic from CCA-treated timber
a danger?
| Hardware store A | No- ‘treated timber is not as bad as it used to be’ (and provided a leaflet for LOSP but without explaining the difference) |
| Hardware store B | No- CCA ‘must be all right because they build cubbies out of them’ |
| Treated timber yard A | - |
| Treated timber yard B | No- it ‘doesn’t seep out of the timber onto hands or into soil’. There is ‘no proof in the world’ that it harms health |
| Timber yard A | Yes- warned about As in dust when cutting, coming off on hands when handling and leaching into soil. |
| Timber yard B | Yes- but have found waxing CCA can seal to prevent leaching |
| Timber yard C | Yes- hence don’t stock cubby house kits |
| Timber treatment company | No- ‘it’s only a 1% solution in 99% water’ |
| Playset manufacturer | No- ‘there’s no scientific evidence to prove it’ |
| Timber company | No – ‘there’s no real proven truth yet that it does damage’ |
LOSP = Liquid Organic Solvent Preservative
