Help a newbie identify treated wood?

it looks treated, cut a piece and if it has a similar tint inside, it is probably treated. Thats my opinion, better safe than sorry

i would not use that for cutting boards,looks to be a soft wood and you want a hardwood like maple or cherry.

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Green tinted wood contains CCA – the A is as in Arsenic. Arsenic doesn’t flush out of the body and when the cumulative dose is high enough, you die.

The sawdust from cutting CCA should be treated as HAZMAT and not allowed to reenter the environment.

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Arsenic doesn t flush out of the body and when the cumulative dose is high enough, you die.

- Madmark2

However if it was Iocanine Powder, Wesley showed you can build a tolerance.

Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates?

Now, do they use Iocaine in treated wood????? Ahhhh probably knot, but any day you get to see even part of The Princess Bride, is a good day. :-)

I’m with pottz.

-- Think safe, be safe

Thanks y’all!! Appreciate the input. Better safe than sorry for kitchen things I suppose. Doing otherwise would be INCONCEIVABLE!

Old treated is CCA. New is different, but still not safe for cutting boards or food contact. I wouldn’t even use it for the top of a picnic table.

quick google told me:

SPIB – Southern Pine Inspection Bureau grade mark
R.E.D. – Radius Edge Decking
KD19 – kiln dry to 19%
HT – heat treated to kill pests

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