How To Protect Yourself From Arsenic In Pressure Treated Outdoor Decks

How can I protect myself from the arsenic in pressure-treated outdoor decks?

The solution to tear down those decks and start over, that certainly is an option. And by the way, if you do that you don't want to burn that wood. You don't want to have a barn fire in your backyard because you will be exposing you and your neighbor to high levels of arsenic so that would go to the local landfill where they'll just landfill it. However, you can also keep that deck intact in your yard by sealing it with something like an oil base stain that seeps into the wood and can lock the arsenic in. It also preserves the wood and can lock the arsenic into the wood so that 98 to 99 percent of the arsenic is held in and will not leach out, but that you need to maintain. You have to stay on top of that. Every spring you should be out there and sealing that play scape, sealing that deck, sealing that tree house so that the arsenic does not leach out that season.