Do you have your house sprayed with pesticides? elizabeth
On 6/27/07, Kelley Saveika <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I don't have any wood. I have concrete subfloor, carpet over some of it, vinyl tile over other parts of it, it is all by itself in som eplaces. Where the ac flooded and we had to rip up the tile...but that was 3 years ago... On 6/27/07, Marylyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > They did until a couple of years ago and it is still available for some > uses. Two/three years ago, after it had been banned for use in houses, a > dealer for BK Cypress Log Homes quoted me a package that contained arsenic > treated lumber and, when I questioned him, sent me an awful email regarding > the safety of this wood and how no person would eat it. Tennessee Log Homes > had a dealer who was very unhappy when I rejected some of his arguments re > arsenic treated wood. (There is a lot more to that story.......if you ever > consider using them email me personally and you won't consider it for > long). Arsenic leaches into the soil and poisons the plants, water etc. > It is also used in some fencing and creosote is used in RR ties that are > used for landscape timbers. Power poles and telephone poles as well as > fence posts more than a couple of years old are probably treated. They > certainly weren't removed. There are questions about the current > "accepted" treated woods. Please remember how long the arsenic treated was > considered safe. Obviously I am a tree-hugger but please, with that many > illnesses, please have it checked. > > > > > > > If you have men who > will exclude any of God's creatures > from the shelter of > compassion and pity, you will have men who > will deal likewise with > their fellow man. > St. > Francis > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Leslie Lawther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > *To:* felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > *Sent:* Wednesday, June 27, 2007 6:26 PM > *Subject:* Re: Something is killing my cats, please help me > > > *Do they use arsenic in pressure treated lumber still today?!?* > > On 6/27/07, Marylyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > Check for arsenic as in treated lumber.......decks, play areas etc. > > Even wood used in a basement. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If you have men who > > will exclude any of God's creatures > > from the shelter of > > compassion and pity, you will have men who > > will deal likewise > > with their fellow man. > > St. > > Francis > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > *From:* Kelley Saveika <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > *To:* felvtalk <Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> > > *Sent:* Wednesday, June 27, 2007 6:18 PM > > *Subject:* Something is killing my cats, please help me > > > > > > This is the toll so far from this year, not including kittens. > > > > Joey - 10 - died in late April. Being treated for AIHA. > > > > Lucky Lady - 12 - got sick, was adopted by my vet, apparently > > recovered but is now dying, they think cancer. > > > > Caroline - ran up a bill in excess of $1,000. No one knows what was > > or is wrong. Possible FIP (but she's getting better), brain cancer, toxo. > > > > Suzie - I don't even want to see the bill and don't know how I am > > going to pay it. Possible FIP, toxo. > > > > They are all 5 and up. All presented with massive dehydration (skin > > tenting), anorexia, massiive weight loss. > > > > Some w/neuro symptoms..bloodwork varying... > > > > All tested neg/neg for FELV. > > > > Tehy are down to looking in my house for asbestos and lead....someone > > please help me...I don't know what is killing my cats.... > > > > -- > > Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. > > > > http://www.rescuties.org > > > > Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! > > > > http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 > > > > Please help Caroline! > > > > http://rescuties.chipin.com/caroline > > > > I GoodSearch for Rescuties. > > > > Raise money for your favorite charity or school just by searching the > > Internet with GoodSearch - www.goodsearch.com - powered by Yahoo! > > > > > > > -- > Leslie =^..^= > > To leave the world a better place - whether by a healthy child, a garden > patch, or an improved social condition - that is to have succeeded. That > only one life breathed easier because you lived - that is success. > ---Ralph Waldo Emerson > > -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help Caroline! http://rescuties.chipin.com/caroline I GoodSearch for Rescuties. Raise money for your favorite charity or school just by searching the Internet with GoodSearch - www.goodsearch.com - powered by Yahoo!
