Health Concerns About Treated Wood for Garden Boxes
Health Concerns About Treated Wood for Garden Boxes
Health Concerns About Treated Wood for Garden Boxes. Part of the series: Winter Planning for Spring Gardens. Pressure treated wood, when used in raised vegetable gardens, can be a cause for concern. Learn about the toxic substances contained in treated wood with help from a gardener in this free video on raised garden beds. Read more: http://www.ehow.com/video_7676424_health-treated-wood-garden-boxes.html
Any comment on the comments? Seems unlikely that wood from 2004 would still be on the market in 2015, when you published this, let alone now.
So is 2020 brown treated wood safe for vegetables assuming i line it with plastic?
December 2003 the EPA banned the sale of CCA treated lumber for residential use.
Isolating pressure-treated wood by lining the inside of a bed with heavy plastic to prevent leaching of chemicals from the wood into the soil is trading one bad for another.
Plastics contain and leach hazardous chemicals, including endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) that threaten human health. You’re better off just keeping the wood there, as the plastic will break down much faster and IMO is worse than the copper etc in the pressure treated wood.
they dont use arsenic anymore since 2003
I thought it would it be safer to use cinder blocks but….. ???? https://youtu.be/V8-0qbgYJig
they haven’t used arsenic for almost 2 decades
I used pressure treated wood for my garden box but I let it sit for almost a year before filling with soil. I just filled it today and will be planting my vegetables this week. Should I still be worried? 🙁