The Scam of Modern Wood Treatment

Modern wood comes from fast-growing plantations. These trees grow as tall in 20 years

as they used to in 100. The problem? Fast growth means a loose structure.

The wood is porous like a sponge. Water penetrates, fungi settle, and the wood rots

from the inside out. The industry sells us the solution: pressure impregnation.

The wood is pumped full of chemicals: copper, chromium, arsenic,

toxic substances that are supposed to keep fungi and insects away. This works for a

while, but these chemicals wash out. They end up in your garden,

in the soil, in the groundwater. And best of all, the new environmentally friendly impregnations