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Monday, February 10, 2003Scientists at the Consumer Products Safety Commission said Friday that children playing on millions of outdoor wood playground sets nationwide faced an increased risk of bladder and lung cancer from arsenic exposure. The report recommends that children wash their hands after playing on wooden playground sets and also not eat in the vicinity of the wood. As of this writing, the report isn’t up at the Consumer Products Safety Commission website, so I can’t say how significant a risk there is, but I’ve got to think it’s miniscule since I don’t remember hearing about any explosion in pediatric bladder and lung cancer rates. And by the way, given the CDC and the HHS obsession with obesity, shouldn’t these government groups be careful about defaming playground equipment? posted by Sydney on 2/10/2003 08:00:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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