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I'm sure everyone is familiar with pressure treated wood. Its usually got a green cast to it and so many outdoor products (like fences and arbors) in the US are being made with it. I know the stuff is soaked in an arsenic solution and this year I've noticed that its finally getting labelled as so.
My question is: Does anyone know if and how much arsenic is released into the soil from it? I would not eat anything that grew next to one of these fences, but I see a lot of people with these things in their yard, and they're growing food along the side of them, or using the lumber as plant stakes. Does anyone have any other information on the toxicity of this stuff?
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