Florida DEP Secretary Struhs to Tour Cook Lumber's Plant Conversion to EnviroSafe's Arsenic-Free Wood Treatment Process

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SOURCE: EnviroSafe Wood Treatment Products

DEP Secretary Struhs to Tour Cook Lumber's Plant Conversion to EnviroSafe's

Arsenic-Free Wood Treatment Process

TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 21, 2002--On Monday, June 24 at 10 a.m.,

Florida Department of Environmental Protection Secretary B. Struhs,

will tour Cook Lumber, Florida's oldest wood treatment company, for a look

at how this Tampa facility is being converted to exclusively provide wood

treated with EnviroSafe Plus. Struhs will be joined by DEP Southwest

District Director Deborah Getzoff, EnviroSafe CEO Bob Grantham, and Cook

Lumber owner .

EnviroSafe Plus, a non-toxic preservative, offers Florida residents an

effective and environmentally safe alternative to wood pressure-treated with

heavy metals and arsenic (CCA). EnviroSafe Plus, a borate-based preservative

( " Disodium Octaborate Tetrahydrate " ), utilizes a patented binding

formulation to assure the retention of the effective levels of borates

required to provide a long term barrier against fungi, mold and insects,

including termites.

" In addition to being an effective and environmentally safe preservative,

EnviroSafe Plus also helps maintain the natural color and beauty of wood

while reducing the its tendency to crack, warp and twist, " said EnviroSafe

CEO Bob Grantham.

EnviroSafe has spent the last two years subjecting the treatment process to

rigorous testing. The company is confident it will be the first to receive

an Environmentally Preferable Product certification in the very near future.

For more information regarding EnviroSafe Plus, please visit the EnviroSafe

web site at http://www.eswoodtreatment.com. Cook Lumber is located at 1905

North 66th Street, Tampa, Florida 33619.

EnviroSafe is a Florida-based company whose mission is to " enhance the

quality of treated wood " and become the premier provider of environmentally

safe and cost effective wood preservatives worldwide.

Contact:

Consensus Communications, Inc., Orlando, Fla.

Roy Reid, 407/835-0020, ext. 109

Cell: 407/694-3533