Are in that any robustness hazard to using treated lumber on interior projects?

I'm planning a project that will involve multiple 4"*4" and am contemplating using either treated or untreated. The posts would be somewhat exposed. Would doing this head to any potential health risks?


Answers:    The EPA have restricted the use of CCA treated lumber for residential use due to toxins associated with the chemicals used to treat the lumber. CCA stands for Chromated Copper Arsenate. Simply put it's an arsenic-laced preservative. Not apt. Alternatives out there are ACQ treated lumber which stands for Alkaline Copper Quat which have been shown to be protected for residential use. If you are still nervous nearly using it, you might consider using cedar or redwood which has inherent capabilities to resist deterioration.
get the untreated!!!!! treated contains channel too many chemicals such as arsenic surrounded by some cases...holy crap!
i wouldn't use treated wood inside. thats for out side projects.only
seeing as how the "Nanny State" have taken over with regs on everything......

adjectives I can say is I've used nil but treated lumber down here in the islands for 30 years, including railing and restaurant tables and chairs, and see no ill effects......bar splinters, which cause REAL dreadful pus blister as the CCA poisons interact with the body......
Definitely use untreated indoors. They hold changed the regulations on treated wood lately but it's still not a good hypothesis to use inside. I read an article about a home who was getting sick and didn't know why. They thought it be their air conditioning so they call a repairman. He told them it was their just this minute installed deck. He could see the chemicals dripping off of it from the precipitation & stuff. So, if they were getting sick and the deck be outside you can imagine how fruitless it would have be if the wood had be inside.
I live in Florida and several play-grounds hold been shut down because of the toxic effect of treated wood.It adjectives has to do I guess if direct contact is possible by children or pets. I hope this help with your outcome.From the net: Alkaline copper quaternary (ACQ) and copper-boron-azole (CBA) treatments are other alternatives to CCA treated wood. These two chemicals do not include any arsenic or chromium, both are on EPA's list of hazardous chemicals, but contain copper which can also leach into the environment. In impulsive 2002, the EPA announced a phase-out of CCA treated wood products for residential applications to be completed by December 31, 2003.
Read the label on the wood you are purchasing. I work at a lumber courtyard and every piece of lumber has a marker that will tell you the chemical used to treat it. The previous poster acknowledged ACQ (Safe), CQ(safe), and CCA(Toxic). Copper based preservatives are past the worst for humans. I still wouldn't eat it though.
Your TRUE concern should be the wet wood. Typically pressure treated wood is still raining when it finds its way to the shelf. Wet wood is not something that you should be using indoors. Remember, back you purchased this wood it was most plausible sitting outside getting rained on until it be time to sell. That wood be soaking up water and growing mold until the light of day it was open up and put on the shelf. This is fine for outdoor lumber. After a little sunshine and precipitation the mold is gone.
I hate repeating moral advice, but any untreated would absolutely be the way to jump. You can let the wood dry out and verbs it off throughly.
In hint to the playgrounds that were shut down, they be built before the rejection on arsenic in residential treated lumber applications. The arsenic leached into the soil.
Leave the big treated timber for outside

Inside you could use a light boric treated(internal framing) timber

OR

Go for a unconscious hardwood (expensive) and use a finish like boiled Linseed grease (some what basic) to seal it and hand over it a light finish

OR

Go for a timber that have a naturally giant turpentine level that will stop any timber mite.

Hope this help
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