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Originally Posted by Bonanza
I'm not sure wht you mean about termite treatment being applied to the lower 36" of the framing in our houses. The majority of the framing is steel and not porous.
I believe the soil is still treated, but not with chlordane which was banned in 1988. I'm not familiar with what is used today. If you are referring to chlordane emitting radon, with all chlordane's issues, I have never heard of that. Radon IS naturally released from granite, which many of us have in our kitchen and bath countertops.
I cannot imagine that a company cannot bring good topsoil from one county to another between Lake, Marion and Sumter counties. If they were confined to their own county, I'm sure they would be out of business lickety-split. That isn't something that the general public needs to know. The onus would be on the seller in a situation such as that. They know it if the law pertains to them.
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Take a ride and look at the new construction. The green spray you see on the lower part of the walls is termiticide. The soil is NOT treated. Just because you cannot imagine regulation of soil movement from county to county does not mean it does not exist. I have personally dealt with this issue in South Florida.