Homeowners File Suit Over CCA

A Denver, Co., couple is suing Home Depot, Universal Forest Products, and the American Wood Preservers Institute over CCA treated lumber they bought at Home Depot.

Jay and Sarah Martin filed suit June 25 in U.S. District Court claiming they were never informed the decking they bought contained pesticides that were potentially toxic if mishandled.

The suit also alleged that Mr. Martin was poisoned from his contact with the pressure treated wood.

A lawyer for the couple said they are suing Grand Rapids, Mi.-based Universal Forest Products because the nation's largest wood treater manufactured the lumber and AWPI because the group represents the pres- sure treating industry.

Home Depot's lawyer, John McNaughton, said the big box retailer is not at fault. The Environmental Protection Agency, he said, "has pronounced that this is a safe product to use. when used as directed."

"Home Depot is not really in the position to test every single product it sells," McNaughton continued. "With treated wood, we rely on the EPA to give us information about the product."

In the suit, Martin claims he was never given a Consumer Information Sheet on the guidelines of properly handling pressure treated lumber or told that individuals should wear gloves and goggles and avoid sawing the wood.

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Gordon T. Frost, 87, chairman of the board of Frost Hardwood Lumber Co., San Diego, Ca., died from congestive heart failure June 4.

A native of San Diego, Mr. Frost served in the Pacific during World War II as a lieutenant commander with the Coast Guard.

After the war he joined his father at Frost Hardwood, eventually becoming president in 1961 and chairman of the board in 1986.

He was a past president of both the National Wholesale Lumber Distributing Yard Association and the Pacific Coast Wholesale Hardwood Di stributors Associatiorr.

William David Wygal, 98, founder and retired owner of Ace Hardware, Martinez, Ca., died May 2l in Martinez.

A native of Upland, Ca., Mr. Wygal opened the store in 1948.

He retired in 1966, passing ownership to a son. A grandson runs the business today.

Bill Del Chiaro, 56, owner of Brisbane Hardware and Supply, Brisbane, Ca., died May 31.

Ken Jurgens, 89, retired district engineer for the Western Wood Preservers Institute, Vancouver, Wa., died June 23 in Burlingame, Ca.

A native of South Dakota, Mr. Jurgens served in the Army from 1940 to 1964 before retiring as a colonel.

He joined WWPI in 1964 and worked until his retirement in 1989.

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