Experts Confirm Safety Of CCA

The Florida Physicians Arsenic Department of Health, has concluded workgroup, a panel of six physicians that "the amount of arsenic that could appointed last year by the Florida be absorbed fiom playground soil and

Another Homeowner Files Treated Wood Suit

A Denver, Co., couple is suing resents the pressure treating indusHome Depot, Universal Forest try. Products, and the American Wood Home Depot's lawyer, John Preservers Institute over CCA McNaughton, said the big box treated lumber they bought at retailer is not at fault. The Home Depot. Environmental Protection Agency, Jay and Sarah Martin filed suit he said, "has pronounced that this June 25 in U.S. District Court is a safe product to use, when used claiming they were never informed as directed." the decking they bought contained o'Home Depot is not really in pesticides that were potentially the position to test every single toxic if mishandled. product it sells," McNaughton con- ln the suit. Martin claims he

CCA treated wood is not significant compared to natural sources and will not result in detectable arsenic intake."

The physicians concluded that CCA in wood playsets would not harm children or adults.

They also agreed with the EPA's recommendation that existing CCAtreated wood structures not be replaced or removed.

The suit also alleged that Mr. tinued. l'With treated wood, we Martin was poisoned from his con- rely on the EPA to give us infortact with the pressure treated matjon about the product." wood.

A lawyer for the couple said was never given a Consumer they are suing Grand Rapids, Mi.- Information Sheet on the guidebased Universal Forest Products lines of properly handling pressure because the nation's largest wood treated lumber or told that individtreater manufactured the lumber uals should wear gloves and gogand AWPI because the group rep- gles and avoid sawing the wood.

"After a year spent reviewing all aspects of CCA treated wood, this expert panel of doctors came to a simple conclusion: CCA treated wood is safe for use in playsets," said Parker Brugge, executive director of the Treated Wood Council and president of the American Wood Preservers Institute. "Treated wood has been used safely for nearly 70 years. Based on this report, parents can be assured that children can safely play on recreational equipment made of preserved wood."

The panel extensively reviewed medical literature concerning the toxicity and carcinogenicity of arsenic, its environmental and natural occurrence, bioaccessibility, bioavailability, and past medical uses. The report is available at www.preservedwood.com.

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Texas Home & Garden Show - Sept. 13-15, Fort Worth Convention Center, Fort Worth, Tx.; (800) 654-1480.

Florida Hardware Co. - Sept. 14-15, fall show, Hyatt Orlando, Orlando, Fl.; (904) 783-1650.

Southern Forest Products Association - Sept. 14-1E, joint annual meeting with APA, Orlando, Fl.; (504) 443-4464.

American Wood-Preservers' Association - Sept. 15-20, technical committee meetings, Baltimore, Md.; (817) 326-6300.

Lumbermen's Association of Texas - Sept. 17'19, estimating seminar, Comfort Inn, Lafayette, La.; (512) 472-1194.

Virginia Tech Center for Forest Products Marketing & Management - Sept. 18-19, selling forest products short course, Blacksburg, Va.; (540) 231-5876.

Eastern Building Material Dealer Association - Sept. 18-20' fall leadership conference, Cape May, N.J.; (717) 790-1555.

Kentucky Wood Expo - Sept. 20'21, Lartrel County Fairgrounds, London, Ky.; (800) 203-9217.

Handy Hardware Wholesale - Sept. 2O'22, fall market, George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, Tx.; (713) 644-1495.

Builder Marts of America - Sept. 22-24' fall market, Baltimore,

Southern Building Material Association - Sept. 23, blueprint reading seminar; Sept. 24-26, estimating seminar, Richmond, Va.; (800) 849-1503.

Kentucky Lumber & Building Material Dealers Assn. - Sept. 26, Tri-State Golf Outing, Owensboro, Ky.; (502) 844-1774.

Texas Home & Garden Show - Sept. 27-29, Austin Convention Center, Austin, Tx.; (800) 654-1480.

West Virginia Timber & Wood Products Show - Sept. 28-29' Flatwoods, W.V.; (304) 372-1955.

Construction Suppliers' Association - Sept. 29, roundtable, Holiday Inn South, Baton Rouge, La.; (770) 751-63'73.

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Hardwood Plywood & Veneer Association - Oct.2'4, fall conference, Vancouver, B.C.; (703) 435-2900.

Lumbermen's Association of Texas - Oct. 2-6, board & committee meetings, New Orleans, La.; (512) 472-1194.

National Association of Women in Construction - Oct. 3, chapter meeting, Austin, Tx.; (512) 476-5534.

TruServ Corp. - Oct. 5-8, fall market, Dallas Convention Center, Dallas, Tx.; (773) 695-5000.

Builders Hardware Manufacturers Association - Oct. 6'8, fall meeting, Palm Springs Gardens, Fl.; (212) 297-2100.

National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors - Oct. 8-9' network/logistics conference, Chicago, ll.; (202) 872-0885.

National Lumber & Building Material Dealers AssociationOct. 8-13, annual convention, Chicago, Il.; (202) 547-2230.

National Hardwood Lumber Association - Oct. 10-11' advanced drying seminar, Memphis, Tn.; (901) 377-1818.

Honk Kong Hardware Building Materials & Home Improvement Fair - Oct. 10-12, Honk Kong; (212) 838-8688.

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Ace Hardware Corp. - Oct. 11-14, fall market, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, Pa.; (630) 990-6600.

National Sash & Door Jobbers Association - Oct. 12-16, annual convention, San Antonio, Tx.; (800) 786-7274.

N.C. State University Wood Prdoucts Extension - Oct' 14-15' hardwood plywood manufacturing seminar, Raleigh, N.C.; (919) 515-5579.

Southern Building Material Association inducted new board members at its recent annual summer conference in Virginia Beach, Va.

New are 3rd vice chairman Glenn Hoy, Buck Lumber, Charleston, S.C., and directors Edward Spivey, Beeson Hardware & Lumber Co., High Point, N.C.; Dwight Simmons, Mountain Lumber Co., Boone, N.C.; Jimmy Myers, Berlin G. Myers Lumber Corp., Summerville, S.C.; Mike Reeves, Espy Lumber Co., Hilton Head Island, S.C.; Randall Jones, Jones Lumber Co., Henderson, Tn.; Brent Stewart, Stewart Lumber, Dickson, Tn.; David Beck, N.B. Goodwyn & Sons, Chesterfield, Va., and George Hooper, W.F. Paulett & Son. Scottsville. Va.

Jones Lumber was named 2002 Dealer of the Year.

Lumbermen's Association of Texas has set its fall board and committee meetings for Oct. 3-4 at the Royal Sonesta Hotel, New Orleans, La.

Special programs include a Washington, D.C., update from Jenna Morgan, government affairs director for the National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association, and news on the CCA transition and mold from Southern Forest Products Association staffer Richard Kleiner.

Mid-America Lumbermens Association's 2002 Southern Mill Tour begins in Little Rock, Ar., Oct.29.

Stops throughout Arkansas include Weyerhaeuser's Hot Springs trading center; Curt Bean Lumber Co., Glenwood; DeGray Lake Resort State Park, Arkadelphia; Deltic Farm and Timber Co., Waldo; Weyerhaeuser's Magnolia nursery complex; Anthony Timberlands' laminated beam plant; Potlatch, Warren, and Maxwell Flooring, Monticello.

After tourist visits in Tunica, Ms., and Memphis, Tn., the tour returns to Little Rock Nov. 3.

Mississippi Building Material Dealers Association is developing contingency plans in case executive director William Lee Russell is elected mayor of Carthage, Ms., in November.

Construction Suppliers' Association is sponsoring a long form estimating seminar Nov. 4-5 at the Holiday Inn, McDonough, Ga. Keith Kluis will instruct.

Eastern Building Material Dealer Association invites Delaware and Maryland dealers to its fall leadership conference Sept. 1 8-20 at the Grand Hotel, Cape May, N.J.

The highlight will be "Solving the 'Good to Great' Mystery," a day-anda-half-long seminar by Bruce Menifield.

Also featured will be golf at the Sand Barrens Golf Course and roundtable discussions, with the topics to be determined by a survey of attendees.

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Material Dealers Association members will join dealers from Illinois and Indiana for the 1Oth annual Tri-State Golf Outing Sept. 26 at the Summit Country Club, Owensboro, Ky.

National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association will gather Oct. 9-10 at the Hotel Inter-

Continental, Chicago, Il., for its 86th annual meeting.

Speakers include Martin Regalia, chief economist and v.p.-economic policy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, on "The Nation's Economic Future;" Mark Suwyn, chairman and c.e.o., LP, "The State of the Industry," and Pat Bennett, v.p.-sales, Ace Hardware Canada, "Home Depot's Real Agenda: A Former Insider's Perspective."

Panel discussions will address how to manage the changing supply chain, creating a safety culture, fleet management, and installation services, while roundtable discussion will tackle mold and product liability threats.

Southeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association elected Hal M. Storey, S.I. Storey Lumber Co., Armuchee, Ga., chairman at its recent annual converence in Charleston, S.C. He succeeds Furman Brodie, Charles Ingram Lumber, Effingham, S.C., who was presented SLMA's Chairman's Award.

Lee Ashburn, East Coast Lumber Co. and Industrial Wood Products, Climax, N.C., was presented the Beal Award for leadership in the industry, association and community.

Kentucky Forest Industries Association will hold its 20th annual Kentucky Wood Expo Sept.20-21 at the Laurel County Fairgrounds, London, Ky.

The event kicks off with a golf scramble Sept. l9 at the Crooked Creek Golf Club.

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