Environmental Impacts of Treated Wood how chemical leaching and transport of certain wood preservatives affect the environment, particularly chromated copper arsenate.

Features:

• Discusses the impact of traditional wood preservatives on ecosystem health, soil contamination, and surface water
• Examines ways to assess, monitor, and manage human risk due to exposure
• Introduces alternative preservative compounds, comparable in strength but less toxic in certain applications
• Presents an overview of the latest changes in international regulations
• Contains state-of-the-art disposal technologies and waste management strategies that comply with new phase-out regulations in Europe, Asia, Oceania, and the U.S.
• Features important contributions from renowned experts across many fields including aquatic toxicology, environmental management, engineering, statistics, medicine, and wood preservation and treated wood products

Contents

Introduction and Background

• Chromated Copper Arsenate as a Wood Preservative
• Nonarsenical Wood Protection: Alternatives for Chromated Copper Arsenate, Creosote and Pentachlorophenol
• Regulations in the European Union with Emphasis on Germany, Sweden, and Slovenia
• The Production and Management of Wood Treated with Chromated-Copper-Arsenate in Asia and Oceania with Emphasis on Australia, India, Japan, and Korea

Environmental Impacts

• Study Design Considerations in Evaluating Environmental Impacts
• Leaching of Chromated Copper Arsenate, Alkaline Copper Quaternary and Copper Azole Components from Wood Exposed to Natural Weathering Aboveground and Reaction of Leachates with Soil
• Elemental Speciation and Environmental Importance Associated with Wood Treated with Chromated Copper Arsenate
• Modeling the Leaching of Inorganic Components of Wood Preservatives in Service
• The Impact of Wood Treated with Chromated Copper Arsenate on Soil
• Effects of Wood Treated with Chromated Copper Arsenate on Aquatic Biota
• Impacts of Wood Preservatives on Settlement and Growth of Fouling Organisms

Assessing and Managing Human Health Risks

• Arsenic Release and Exposure from Lumber Treated with Chromated Copper Arsenate
• Use of the Synthetic Wipe Method for Estimating Dislodgeable Arsenic and Evaluating the Physical Factors That Affect the Levels of Potential Exposure to Children from In-Service Wood Treated with Chromated Copper Arsenate
• Preserved Wood and Cancer Risk: the Incidence of Arsenic-Related Cancers during the Era of Widespread Use of Wood Treated with Chromated Copper Arsenate in the U.S.
• Children Exposed to Playsets Treated with Chromated Copper Arsenate: A Review of Risk Assessment Approaches
• Effect of Coatings on Chromated-Copper-Arsenate Leaching from Wood in a Soil Environment
• Treated Wood - Managing the Risk

End of Life Management of Impacts

• Identification of Wood Treated with Waterborne Metal-Based Preservatives
• The Reuse of Treated Wood
• Recycling of Wood Treated with Chromated Copper Arsenate into Composite Construction Materials
• Recycling of Preservative-Treated Wood Using Chemical Extraction Technologies
• Bioremediation of Treated Wood with Bacteria
• Bioremediation of Treated Wood with Fungi
• Electrodialytic Remediation of Wood Treated with Chromated Copper Arsenate and Its Residues from Thermal Treatment
• Thermal Treatment Technologies for Treated Wood
• Disposal of Preservative-Treated Wood in Landfills

Index

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