TV Show Slanders Treated Wood

The wood treating industry is fuming after the syndicatedtv show Hard Copy erconeously reported that pressure treated playground equipment poses a threat to the safety of children.

The May 8 segment, "Playing with Poison," did not feature any industry representative nor any scientist who has evaluated treated wood. It ignored Consumer Product Safety Commission, California State Department of Health Services and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency studies which have proven that CCA treated wood poses negligible risk to humans, plants and animals.

Too Many Trade Shows?

Eighteen leading building and plumbing product manufacturers seek to consolidate the many industry trade shows into a single, world class North America "super show" by the year 20w.

"For some time, manufacturers have been concerned with the excessive number of trade shows in the

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Apparently, the main Hard Copy source was the editor of Organic Gardening, a magazine opposed to any use of pressure treated wood.

Yet, according to the American Wood Preservers Institute, not one of the reported 150,000 playground injuries each year result from wood preservatives.

In its research, Hard Copy sent 16 questions to the EPA, but then ignored the agency's answers and opinion that CCA poses no threat to children playing on treated wood. EPA's 16 answers have been posted on AWPI's Web site (www.awpi. org).

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For example, no comparable U.S. show draws a fraction of the 230,000 visitors who attended a recent bi-annual international sanitary and heating trade show in Germany.

Burglars Baffle Three Alarms

Burglars avoided triggering three security checkpoints in stealing about $50,000 from Lowe's, Conroe, Tx.

Early morning April 15, thieves pried open a door enough to allow entry yet not trigger the alarm sensor, then cut telephone and alarm system wires to get into the room with the safe. No merchandise was stolen.

While police have no suspects, they did recover a security video image of at least one suspect.

Recently police apprehended three suspects in connection with the theft of $900 worth of merchandise from Lowe's, Morganton, N,C.

Also, authorities are seeking a man who fled from Scotty's, Brooksville, Fl., after grabbing an undisclosed amount of cash out of a reqister.

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