Children could face an increased lifetime risk of developing lung or bladder cancer from using playground equipment made of wood treated with arsenic, the nation's top product safety official said ...

Re: Protect the public, editorial, March 17. As a father, I am concerned about potential health risks for my preschooler, who uses wooden playground equipment. As an environmental scientist, I am ...

The Consumer Product Safety Commission scared parents this week about wood playground equipment causing cancer in children. It’s another case of a make-believe health risk leading to very real ...

They remembered the old, rotting wooden playground equipment. So when a visiting reporter asked a group of Tynes Elementary School students to play on the brand-new multicolored equipment for a pho… ...

As some communities begin tearing out wooden playground equipment treated with an arsenic-based pesticide, a national group is urging cities and towns to refrain from closing or dismantling ...

Most major manufacturers of commercial and residential wood playground equipment have already stopped using CCA-treated wood to make their products. In addition, playground structures can be made of ...