Re: inorganic vs organic arsenic

**n* s* <s*@earthlink.net>**

If arsenic poisoning was truly a problem I would think slugs would be the
first to go. They thrive in my raised beds constructed of treated lumber.
Their favorite hiding place is the wood that is below the surface of the
soil.  
Nancy Szerlag
The Detroit News

On 3/23/04 9:25 AM, "Melanie" <melaniev@optonline.net> wrote:

>>  One has to wonder why anybody with any sense would buy treated lumber for
>> such a project?  Amazing.
> 
> Nobody ever told me that sense & education went together hand in hand. If an
> aboriginal human were suddenly deposited in a train yard and touched the
> third rail would they be labeled as "sense-less"? Who is at fault if a young
> man isn't educated about the risks in using CCA lumber?
> 
> Amazed? I'm still trying to figure out the answer to a previous query of how
> many mothers actually watch their children today. My guess would be the same
> percentage as through out the course of human history. A history that
> recounts a wealthy/titled class with servants to watch children. A history
> that recounts the labor intensive lifestyles of those without servants,
> where watching children was often relegated to slightly older offspring.
> 
> Then there's the public hysteria comments. As one watches their parents,
> neighbors and friends die of cancer I have to wonder at what point my
> "awareness" might be labeled "hysteria". When products are reported to
> possibly cause cancer should I wait a dozen years for a governmental report?
> Do I gamble my children's lives besides my own? By removing CCA lumber,
> filtering our ground water, using deodorants instead of antiperspirants,
> using less dryer sheets and hanging laundry out to dry, standing away from a
> working microwave and keeping an organic garden, am I depriving my our lives
> of some necessary ingredient? LOL hysterically.
> 
> I think it's time to shake hands and agree to disagree.
> 
> Melanie Vassallo
> Just a mother of two girls today
> melaniev@optonline.net
> 
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