Is wood safe if it was sprayed with a pesticide like ten years ago?

[Lauren14790]

My grandma has an apple tree and a grape vine, but she doesn't know if they were sprayed with anything before she bought her house, I know that the rule of thumb is if you don't know then don't give it to your chins. But I was wondering if it would be safe if it was sprayed like over five years ago and I scrubbed, boiled and baked it. Or if it would still be bad for the chins. Thanks

 

[GorillaJTA]

no. The pesticides would be in the layers below the bark.

 

[feistychins]

I agree. The pesticide gets into the wood.

 

[seachin]

No. Most pesticides used today would be considered persistent pesticides which pretty much never go away.