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Guest · Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 4:12 am Post subject: stripping cedar deck. Arsenic?

Previous owner painted the cedar deck in our backyard. We're stripping
it (with deck stripping chemicals... sodium hydroxide), and also
sanding it in a few places. Looking around for information, I came
across the topic of CCA (arsenic) used on pressure treated wood, and
am somewhat concerned about the health risks associated with arsenic.

So here's my question: what sort of woods was (is) CCA used on? If the
deck is made of cedar, can we relax and not worry about CCA?

The deck was built in 1990.

Edwin Pawlowski · Guest

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