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Tell EPA to Fully Protect Public from Wood Preservatives

Beyond Pesticides believes that EPA's announcement to phase out arsenic-treated wood will not fully protect the public. Beyond Pesticides expressed the following concerns in a meeting with EPA on February 6th: 1) Phase out is too long; It should be technically feasible by the end of this year; 2) The voluntary cancellation does not include industrial uses of CCA, such as utility poles and marine pilings; and 3) Risk assessments will be stopped as part of their closed-door negotiations with the wood preservatives industry. Furthermore, EPA has not yet addressed safe disposal methods or how they will deal with existing structures made with CCA.

Read Beyond Pesticides asks EPA to stop sales of CCA-treated wood during the open comment period. Read Beyond Pesticides' comments to EPA. Read the Federal Register Notice.

For information regarding how to protect your health from CCA-treated wood, click here.

Press Releases:

• Groups Tell EPA to Stop Sale of Arsenic-Treated Wood During Public Comment Period (3/22/02)
• Beyond Pesticides Petitions EPA to Ban Creosote (2/26/02)
• Victims of Wood Preservatives Want Them Fully Banned (2/12/02)
• EPA's Press Release on CCA Phase-out (2/12/02)
• Beyond Pesticides Petitions EPA to Ban CCA and Penta (12/20/01)

News Stories:

• Gainesville Sun (2/18/02) - 'No easy answer' for how to scrap CCA wood
• The Ottawa Citizen (2/14/02) - Home Depot Drops Lumber Treated with Arsenic
• Washington Post (2/13/02) - Use of Arsenic Treated Wood Products to End: Faced with Suits, Home Improvement Industry Agrees to Two Year Phase-out
• Associated Press (2/13/02) - Arsenic-Based Pesticide to Be Removed
• USA Today (2/13/02) - Industry to phase out arsenic-tainted wood
• Environment News Service (2/12/02) - EPA Announces Phase Out of Arsenic Treated Wood

Legal Action:

• Beyond Pesticides' letter to Frank Sanders, Director of EPA's Antimicrobials Division.
• View the Creosote petition (2/26/02), CCA petition (12/20/01) and the Penta petition (12/20/01).