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Treated Wood References

Treated Wood:

  1. Wood Preservation; University of Kentucky, Department of Entomology, Kentucky Pesticide Education Program: Lexington, KY, 2016.
  2. Lebow, S. T.; Wood Preservation. Wood Handbook: Wood as an Engineering Material; USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory: Madison, WI, 2010; Chapter 15.
  3. Groenier, J.; Lebow, S.; Preservative-Treated Wood and Alternative Products in the Forest Service; USDA Forest Service, Technology and Development Program: Missoula, MT, 2006.
  4. Freeman, M. H.; McIntyre, C. R. Comprehensive Review of Copper-Based Wood Preservatives. For. Prod. J. 2008, 58 (11), 6-27.
  5. Platten, W. E.; Luxton, T. P.; Gerke, T.; Harmon, S.; Sylvest, N.; Bradham, K.; Rogers, K. Release of Micronized Copper Particles from Pressure-Treated Wood Products; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Washington, DC, EPA/600/R-14/365, 2014.
  6. Ingredients Used in Pesticide Products: Creosote; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Washington, DC, 2016.
  7. Ingredients Used in Pesticide Products: Pentachlorophenol; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Washington, DC, 2017.
  8. Reregistration Eligibility Decision for Chromated Arsenicals; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 2008.
  9. Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) for Coppers; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances, U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 2009.
  10. Radivojevic, S.; Cooper, P. A. Extraction of Hexavalent Chromium from Chromated Copper Arsenate Treated Wood under Alkaline Conditions. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2008, 42 (10), 3739–3744.
  11. Civardi, C.; Schlagenhauf, L.; Kaiser, J.-P.; Hirsch, C.; Mucchino, C.; Wichser, A.; Wick, P.; Schwarze, F. Release of Copper- Amended Particles from Micronized Copper-Pressure-Treated Wood during Mechanical Abrasion. J. Nanobiotechnology 2016, 14, 77.
  12. Reregistration Eligibility Decision for Copper and Zinc Naphthenate Salts; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances, U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 2007.
  13. Registration Review Preliminary Risk Assessment for Copper Naphthenate; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 2017.
  14. Reregistration Eligibility Decision for Creosote; EPA 739-R-08-007; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances, Office of Pesticide Programs, U.S. Government Printing Office, 2008.
  15. Reregistration Eligibility Decision for Pentachlorophenol; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances, U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 2008.
  16. Stilwell, D. E.; Musante, C. L.; Sawhney, B. L. Copper, Chromium And Arsenic In Soil And Plants Near Coated And Uncoated CCA Wood. Proc. Annu. Int. Conf. Soils Sediments Water Energy 2010, 11 (10).
  17. Griggs, J. L.; Rogers, K. R.; Nelson, C.; Luxton, T.; Platten, W. E.; Bradham, K. D. In Vitro Bioaccessibility of Copper Azole Following Simulated Dermal Transfer from Pressure-Treated Wood. Sci. Total Environ. 2017, 598, 413-420.
  18. Human Health Risk Assessment and Ecological Effects Assessment for the Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) Document of Inorganic Arsenicals and/or Chromium-Based Wood Preservatives; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances, U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 2008.
  19. Residue Chemistry Science Chapter, Case 0132; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Antimicrobials Division, U.S Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 2004.
  20. Love, C. S.; Gardner, B.; Morrell, J. J. Metal Accumulation in Root Crops Grown in Planters Constructed from Copper Azole Treated Lumber. Eur. J. Wood Wood Prod. 2014, 72 (3), 411-412.
  21. Lebow, S.; Leaching of Wood Preservative Components and Their Mobility in the Environment: Summary of Pertinent Literature; USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory: Madison, WI, 1996.
  22. Cao, X.; Ma, L. Q. Effects of Compost and Phosphate on Plant Arsenic Accumulation from Soils near Pressure-Treated Wood. Environ. Pollut. 2004, 132 (3), 435-442.
  23. Environmental Soil Issues: Garden Use of Treated Lumber; PennState, College of Agricultural Sciences, Agricultural Research and Cooperative Extension: University Park, PA, 2002.
  24. Coles, C. A.; Arisi, J. A.; Organ, M.; Veinott, G. I. Leaching of Chromium, Copper, and Arsenic from CCA-Treated Utility Poles. Appl. Environ. Soil Sci. 2014, 167971, 2014.
  25. Appendix 9: Environmental Fate. Pentachlorophenol: Risk Assessment and Science Support Branch’s Preliminary Risk Assessments and Science Chapters In Support of The Reregistration Eligibility Decision; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances, U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 2004.
  26. McLean, J.; Bledsoe, B.; Ground Water Issue: Behavior of Metals in Soils; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 1992.
  27. Stefanovic, S.; Cooper, P. Leaching of Chromated Copper Arsenate, Alkaline Copper Quarternary and Copper Azole Components from Wood. Environmental Impacts of Treated Wood; Townsend, T. G., Solo-Gabriele, H., Eds.; Taylor & Francis Group: Boca Raton, FL, 2006; Chapter 6.
  28. Platten, W. E.; Sylvest, N.; Warren, C.; Arambewela, M.; Harmon, S.; Bradham, K.; Rogers, K.; Thomas, T.; Luxton, T. P. Estimating Dermal Transfer of Copper Particles from the Surfaces of Pressure-Treated Lumber and Implications for Exposure. Sci. Total Environ. 2016, 548–549, 441-449.
  29. Lebow, S. T.; Lebow, P. K.; Foster, D. O.; Brooks, K. M. Environmental Impact of Preservative-Treated Wood in a Wetland Boardwalk; USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory: Madison, WI, 2000.
  30. Hasan, A. R.; Hu, L.; Solo-Gabriele, H. M.; Fieber, L.; Cai, Y.; Townsend, T. G. Field-Scale Leaching of Arsenic, Chromium and Copper from Weathered Treated Wood. Environ. Pollut. 2010, 158 (5), 1479-1486.
  31. Stilwell, D. E.; Graetz, T. J. Copper, Chromium, and Arsenic Levels in Soil Near Highway Traffic Sound Barriers Built Using CCA Pressure-Treated Wood. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 2001, 67 (2), 303-308.
  32. Kim, H.; Kim, D.-J.; Koo, J.-H.; Park, J.-G.; Jang, Y.-C. Distribution and Mobility of Chromium, Copper, and Arsenic in Soils Collected near CCA-Treated Wood Structures in Korea. Sci. Total Environ. 2007, 374 (2), 273-281.

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