Re: Very High level of Arsenic - Help - arsenic test kits - Deborah Barrie's counsel - treated wood in houses

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deborah barrie wrote:

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> Treated wood house residents have more to worry about than tests kits

> for the wood. They need air samples and furnace filters tested. Anyway

> the latest studies show that you can test your wood one day and find a

> dangerous level of arsenic and another day it will read safe. It

> appears to depend upon many conditions but after an acid rain would be

> one of the better times to test. Soil around the house, directly below

> where leachate would fall would be another good place to look. Find a

> spot where there has been little disturbance of the soil and test in

> the top two inches. Arsenic moves very little beyond that without help

> like raking or heavy foot traffic. Often when someone wishes to show a

> clean test they will go down in the soil about 10 or 12 inches and out

> from the structure a foot or more. This would only show containation

> from natural sources . This way they can reassure you that you are

> safe. Testing in the proper place at the proper depth is essential to

> find contamination from leachate.

> If that MOE report I have posted on my website if a clear picture of

> what is in cca wood we need to start concerning ourselves alot more

> with off gassing than has ever been previously considered. Intake air

> pipes could be drawing in arsine gas and poisoning people in low

> levels over long periods of times. Furnace filters, air filters and

> air samples will be most valuable in finding that kind of contamination.

> As for sealers I am aware of a study by an American government agency

> finding sealers increased the toxicity of the wood. It was reported to

> me by someone I trust very much who was working with the government on

> a clean up issue. When they asked for the study to give me they were

> told that they were not supposed to be discussing it. I had already

> questioned the Canadian government on the tests they had done on the

> safety of sealers. They said they had never done any. Oil based

> sealers have been found effective for stopping the leaching for

> anywhere from a few months to two years depending on varying

> conditions. Acid based sealers would cause more leaching . Never sand,

> power wash or use deck cleaners or brighteners or chlorine products on

> cca wood as they will also cause the arsenic to leach more. It is very

> hard to seal a surface you can not prepare properly so in my opinion

> sealing seems riskier all the time.

> I wish I had good news but I don't. CCA wood was never meant for such

> applications that it has come to be used for. It was most certainly

> never meant to side your house with. I would run the tests and if I

> found contamination I would seek legal help.

> I have documents available from my access to info files if you are

> interested.

> The human spirit is a wonderful source of power and healing. Those of

> us who are toxic in a world that has little to offer must grab a hold

> of that power.

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> Deborah

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>Deborah Elaine Barrie

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>http://www.noccawood.ca

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