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[Clansgian AT wmconnect.com]

> Any untreated wood--like 
> purlins--that is continually wetted will rot, and informed people do not 
> want treated wood inside their homes.

Informed?  Why would someone not want treated wood inside their home if it is 
not subject to physical abrasion nor to leaching?  Most homeowners don't eat 
their purlins.

Most treated wood now days is treated with copper naphthanate or equivalent 
and does not yield heavy metals in a toxic form.

Is there some specific danger to having treated prulins or is that just an 
reaction that we must always fear treated wood in all circumstances on 
general 
principles?