Why is it controversial to use CCA-treated wood in playground equipment?
4. How much arsenic do children intake by playing on equipment made of CCA-treated wood? It depends on which source you listen to. EPA scientists say that levels of arsenic in CCA are low enough so that you do not need to replace your playground equipment. On the other hand, the EPA has banned the residential use of CCA products after December 31, 2003. A consumer group, the Environmental Working Group, says that exposure to arsenic will give cancer later in life to one of every 500 children who regularly use playground equipment or decks made from pressure-treated wood. 5. Does my wooden playground equipment have CCA in it? Probably. About 90% of the playground equipment built with pressure-treated lumber since the 1970s has been treated with CCA. You should contact the manufacturer for details. 6. What is the federal government doing about this? Studying it further. The EPA is currently doing its own evaluations of the amounts of arsenic resin that is transferred to the human hand wh
