Is it safe to burn pressure treated wood?

Burning pressure treated wood in your fireplace, or even outside in your fire pit, can release toxic chemicals that are dangerous to your health. ... Burning treated wood concentrates and releases these preservative chemicals in the ash and smoke of a fire, which can pose both health and environmental risks.Mar 16, 2016 read more

It is perfectly safe to burn these woods. Using wood “waste” as a fuel for fires is common in the wood products industry and is perfectly acceptable at home too. Just be sure to put painted and preservative treated wood in the garbage, rather than into the fireplace. read more

The only safe disposal for this material is a land-fill, and that’s probably not a good idea either, as the chemicals leach out of the wood fibers and into the water table. Pressure-treated wood is a necessary evil, and should be used only when absolutely required by the conditions. Please don’t ever burn it. read more

No one disputes that the ash from burning CCA wood is highly toxic: It is illegal to burn CCA wood in all 50 states. This has serious implications for firefighters, cleanup and landfill operations. Even more astonishing, minute amounts of 'fly ash' from burning CCA pressure treated wood, can have serious health consequences. read more