edited by Timothy G. Townsend
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