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 ...

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 ...

Built by 3,000 volunteers over five days in November 1991, the 18,000 square-foot playground was a child's dream of turrets, bridges and slides.

View full weather report. Summer Sale - Start Today for $1 - Expires 7/31/25. Gloucester County; A wooden N.J. playground adored by ... one of the last in the Garden State with wooden equipment, ...

Since the 1930s, residential wood has commonly been treated with a pesticide, known as chromated copper arsenate, or CCA, to prevent rotting. This pesticide contains arsenic, a carcinogen, which ...

(Beyond Pesticides, November 25, 2009) Although phased out from use in playground, deck and landscaping timbers, chromated-copper-arsenic (CCA), a hazardous wood preservative still allowed for use on ...

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 ...

FORT McCoy, Wis. -- New handicapped-accessible playground equipment at the Pine View Recreation Area may have been a long time in the works, but it will provide excellent opportunities for youth ...