The quality of the PT that you use muse be a lot better than that around
here. When I cut a 2x4, you can see where it only penetrated about a
half inch.

In article ,
says...
...I milled mine to take off a thin layer of "punk" material caused by poor
maintenance and create a smooth surface for its new intended use. As for
removing the protectant, "pressure treated" means the "juice" is applied
under pressure to permeate the entire board. That's why you can cut it, rip
it, etc. without worrying.

"Richard Clements" wrote in message
...
J. Clarke wrote:

Buck Turgidson wrote:

I'll disagree...inasmuch as the "old" treated lumber was used for
years
without any adverse health effects that I have ever seen documented,
it
only
lost favor because of our EPA stepping in with their typical
"chicken-little" thing...check with the southern yellow-pine
association
web-site if you want more info on the debate...


Maybe you need to look harder. The Washington Post cited a study in
which children who frequently played on PT decks, etc, had a many times
higher incidence of childhood leukemia and other types of cancers.

Replicated study published in a peer-reviewed journal? If not then it's
automatically suspect.

You'll also find the the EPA under Bush has played quite a few games
with
the wording of regulations, and have eviscerated a lot of the teeth in
regs.


you also have to remember that washington post, in a related article,
claimed that PloyVinylCloride shouldn't be used to make children's toys
for
the same reason. there reason was a study done by the I think it was
"voices of responsible science", the same people who went after Lay for
there WOW chips, it's all pure FUD,

breathing arsenic isn't good for you, and you really shouldn't eat the
sawdust either, on the same note you should work with pine a small
unventilated room(turpentine isn't good you you either), the big question
is if your using PT why are you milling it? if you mill it your taking
way
the protectant and your left with pine, just use pine or red wood