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Wood Feedbunks treated with creosote and pentachlorophenol.

PORKER

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Warnings to farmers about pressure-treated wood go back to 1991
13.feb.07
CanWest News Service
Adrienne Tanner
VANCOUVER - For well over a decade, provincial and federal governments have, according to this story, warned farmers not to build livestock feed storage bunkers from pressure-treated wood due to health concerns.
But despite the warnings, the use of old pressure-treated feed bunker silos continued unchecked at some Fraser Valley, B.C., dairy farms.
The story says that the cautions are posted clearly on government websites where farmers download instructions on how to build feed bunkers and seek advice on safe pesticide use.
The warnings are unequivocal: animals and animal feed should never be in direct contact with wood treated with creosote and pentachlorophenol.
In large quantities, these chemicals and other dioxins have been linked to health problems in humans, including cancer and birth defects.
Elevated dioxin levels in milk from two of the Fraser Valley farms were discovered in tests collected by the federal government in 2005. And last week, after more than a year of follow-up investigation, notices were sent to B.C. dairy farmers requiring them to report all problem feed bunkers and take steps to retrofit them to keep the pressure-treated wood away from the animals.
The B.C. milk scare also prompted the Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Monday to issue a national notice to the dairy industry reminding farmers of the dangers.
 
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