A review of the current status of the estimation of emissions from preserved wood and their use in the environmental risk assessment of wood preservatives under the Biocidal Products Directive

IRG/WP 05-50224-7

E F Baines

A review and update of the status of the issues concerning the estimation of emissions from preserved wood (e.g. amendments to the proposed ‘OECD Guidelines’), and the environmental risk assessment of wood preservatives under the Biocidal Products Directive (e.g. compartmental sizes, emissate ecotoxicity testing).


Keywords: Emission, BPD, OECD guidelines, environmental risk assessment, emissate, ecotoxicity testing, environmental compartment

Conference: 05-02-07/08 Cannes-Mandelieu, France


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