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Hey numb nuts, more than one country exists, and I don’t know the laws in other places. I’m not gonna talk Specifically about one country where it’s potentially safe, because other people from other places will see it, and think it’s safe. Bottom line, don’t use treated chemicals and used pallets in your home. Also noticed how for treated wood I said recommended? That does cover situations where you CAN use it too! Imagine that!
Yes copper is safe, but some people like to avoid all chemicals in their garden, not a hard concept to understand.
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It’s also funny you’re trying to mansplain lumber to a carpenter dude lmfao.
You’re the one that started talking about bugs when we were discussing chemicals. Look in the mirror mate. You’re the one that STARTED this BS, so don’t blame me for what you’re throwing incorrectly at carpenters.
You’re making the rest of us look bad, not the other way mate.
CCA is banned for ground contact construction. Pallets don't have that restriction, nor do you know that the pallet was made in the US where the law applies.
But CCA is the least of things to worry about. As I already said, pallets can be subject to spills of very dangerous chemicals.
WTF is wrong with you? Read my first post again. I didn't say pallets are made from old CCA, I said they are subjected to all sorts of dangerous chemicals over their life.
Then you failed to read the follow up post where I didn't say CCA isn't dangerous. I reiterated my claim in my original post that it makes it more dangerous than cca.
Do you understand the difference between a mild poison and a dangerous poison? Your earlier post makes it clear you don't understand that eating cockroachs is less dangerous than drinking benzene.