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Arsenic lawsuits get under US wood treaters' skin
Walker is one of a growing number of consumers who blame U.S. wood products makers for injuries they received from wood treated with a compound containing arsenic, a known carcinogen...companies that have made or sold wood treated with the arsenic compound - including forest products heavyweights Georgia Pacific Corp. and Universal Forest Products Inc. - are becoming targets of a growing wave of litigation [also refers to Home Depot]