Wood Products to Have Arsenic Label: I’ve previously written about the first inklings of danger to children from playing around climbing structures made from treated lumber. Now “consumer warning labels will start appearing

this fall on nearly all the treated lumber in the United States, warning

about an arsenic-laced preservative being used to protect the wood

from decay and insect damage… Also Tuesday, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (news – web

sites) took a first step toward possibly banning CCA-treated wood

from playground equipment. It also is commonly used in the making

of decks, railings, picnic tables, fences, posts and docks.” AP