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Should copper chrome arsenate (CCA) be banned from being used in children’s playground equipment? Copper chrome arsenate (CCA) is a toxic chemical found in children’s playground equipment. It is used to prevent rotting in pine products in equipment across Australia, including playgrounds in schools, parks and child-care centres. It is possible that the chemical could be banned after a report suggested exposure to it could massively increase a child’s chance of contracting lung cancer and bladder cancer. According to a petition to the US Environmental Protection Authority by the US Government’s Consumer Products Safety Commission, between two and one hundred children in every one million will get bladder and lung cancer from exposure to arsenic. Arsenic is a known carcinogen and is contained in the chemic