Monday, September 8, 2008

Re: Galvanized bolts req'd in PT wood?

In a message dated 9/8/08 8:25:13 AM, thor@yosemite.net writes:
    CCA is chromated copper arsenate--this is the chemical that was
"outlawed" in 2004  (it's actually still available for agricultural uses--I
guess the arsenic disappears if a cattle eat it after it leaches out of
their feeding trough...)

No, Thor, the arsenic vaporizes as soon as the farm lobby achieves the number of votes needed to allow them to conduct business as usual.

Ralph



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