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ARSENIC IN WOOD — DANGERS PERSIST When the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a report last year on the safety of pressure-treated lumber, they acknowledged the danger of arsenic, a poison and carcinogen, which is used widely in wood preservatives like chromated copper arsenate (CCA). They announced a phase-out of some uses of the preservative by the end of 2003.
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RECYCLING CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS With $100 billion in new construction each year in the United States, and $126 billion in renovations, the recovery of materials from construction and demolition (C&D) has important economic and environmental implications. To the extent that the debris from construction and demolition can be reused or recycled rather than thrown away, demand for virgin resources is reduced, the embedded energy in these materials is recaptured, and the need for increasingly limited landfill space is reduced.
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More Environment It's Getting Easier to Be Green — New York Times, 2003.0316Green Buildings Emphasized — Hoovers, 2003.0316 Building "Green" Goes Mainstream — Marin Independent Journal, 2003.0315 Earth-Friendly Offices Could Be Greener Still — Philadelphia Inquirer, 2003.0314 Northeast Green Building Awards — Press Release at Yahoo, 2003.0313 Home, Green Home — Metro Active, 2003.0313 Building Self-Sustainable Communities in the 21st Century — Energy Pulse, 2003.0313 Los Angeles Gets a 73-Kilowatt Solar Power System — Hoovers, 2003.0311 Value of the Sun's Rays — Hoovers, 2003.0311 Lighting Controls Pose Challenges — EDC, 2003.0307 Renovating the Design and Construction Process for Sustainable Success — EDC, 2003.0307 The Greening of Plumbing — EDC, 2003.0307 Product Breakthroughs Turn Water “Green” — EDC, 2003.0307 Illuminating Energy Savings with Efficient Lighting — Environmental Design + Construction, 2003.0307 Designing for Workspace Solutions — Environmental Design + Construction, 2003.0307
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