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European Biocides Directive (98/8/EC): Programme for systematic examination of all active substances of biocidal products on the market on May 13, 2000 Article 16(2)
2001 - IRG/WP 01-50166-03
PPT-Presentation...
K Rasmussen, A B Payá Pérez


Recycling of pressure impregnated timber and preservatives - incineration techniques
2001 - IRG/WP 01-50166-19
The object of the recycling research projects is to determine the technical and economical requirements of the recycling of CCA-impregnated wood. In the first recycling of impregnated timber project the amount and location of recyclable treated wood in Finland was determined and the costs of recycling were calculated. An incineration test was also made (1998). The conclusion of the first project i...
T Syrjänen, E Kangas


Procédé de valorisation par gazéification des bois imprégnés réformés
2001 - IRG/WP 01-50166-20
L'arsenic occupant une place prépondérante dans les biocides employés à l'échelon mondial pour la préservation du bois, il convient d'en assurer le recyclage dans des conditions de protection optimale de la santé humaine et de l'environnement. En France le gisement principal est représenté par les parcs de poteaux en bois supports de lignes électriques...
A Lagoutte, A Garnier


Assessing the risks from the use of wood preservatives
2001 - IRG/WP 01-50166-07
PPT-Presentation...
C B Welch


Errata slip to Document No: IRG/WP/1157
1982 - IRG/WP 1166
K Messner


Appendix to Document No: IRG/WP/1243
1984 - IRG/WP 1244
A Bruce, B King, C Bruce, G M Smith


Errata slip to Document No: IRG/WP/2175
1982 - IRG/WP 2186
R W Berry


Soil contamination at the wood preservation industry: Treatment technologies
2001 - IRG/WP 01-50166-16
The soil is a specific compartment of the biosphere, because it is not only a geochemical sink for contaminants, but it also acts as a natural buffer, controlling the transport of chemical elements and substances to the atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biota. Soil contamination problems are expected at wood preservation sites, particularly at those which use(d) inorganic wood preservatives or creosote...
A B Ribeiro, L M Ottosen


OECD's latest activities on wood preservatives
2001 - IRG/WP 01-50166-05
PPT-Presentation...
M Paneli


The dry rot and other fungi in houses. Part 4
1995 - IRG/WP 95-10124
J Bech-Andersen


Errata document for Document NO: IRG/WP/2183
1982 - IRG/WP 2189
Errata (pages 7, 8, 9, & 10) received from Professor João Carlos Moreschi (Brazil) after Document No: IRG/WP/2183 had been circulated....
J C Moreschi


Management of treated wood waste in Canada - Technical and regulatory solutions
2001 - IRG/WP 01-50166-15
A major problem facing the wood preservation industry in Canada is the management of wastes. This refers to wastes generated during the treatment process as well as waste treated wood that is removed from service. The volume of oil borne preservative treated industrial products to be removed from service in Canada over the next 20 years is expected to be fairly constant at approximately 350,000 to...
B Munson


Work programme of CEN/TC 38 (May 1995) - Durability of wood and derived materials
1995 - IRG/WP 95-20069
Standardization of the characteristics of natural or conferred durability of wood and its derived materials against biological agents, including the characteristics of protection products and associated processes to obtain this durability. This applies in particular to: - the identification of hazard classes; - the test methods (wood preservatives as treated wood and wood based materials) and inte...
R Hüe


Electrochemical removal of Cu, Cr and As from CCA-treated waste wood
2001 - IRG/WP 01-50166-18
CCA-treated waste wood poses a potential environmental problem due to the content of copper, chromium and arsenic. This paper presents the results obtained by electrodialytic remediation of CCA-treated waste wood. It is found that more than 90% Cu, and approximately 85% Cr and As was removed from the wood during the remediation. Thereby the concentration of copper in the wood is reduced from app. ...
I V Kristensen, L M Ottosen, A B Ribeiro, A Villumsen


Work Programme of CEN/TC 38 (April 2001) and European Publications
2001 - IRG/WP 01-20234
New scope of the CEN/TC 38: " Standardization of the natural or conferred durability of wood and wood-based products against biological agents and their characteristics associated with exposure ". " Normalisation de la durabilité naturelle ou conférée du bois et de ses produits dérivés visà-vis des agents biologiques et leurs caractéristiques associées à leur exposition ". " Normung der n...
R Hüe


Strategies of risk reduction in sensitive environments - Case studies
2001 - IRG/WP 01-50166-11
The application of risk assessment procedures is based on widely agreed criteria and, whenever necessary, default values. The assessment itself aims to cover a wide extent of situations through "reasonable worst case scenarios". The result, based on the ratio of predictive to no-effect concentrations "PEC/PNEC", is usually performed into various regulations on a pass/fail basis, practically by ban...
G Ozanne


Risk assessment for tomorrow
2001 - IRG/WP 01-50166-14
Under the Biocides Directive Competent Authorities will be responsible in conducting risk assessment strategies for 23 product types, of which wood preservatives are only one. All of these groups show further diversity in terms of use patterns and the type of application method of the different chemical products used to control a variety of natural organisms. This increases the problem associated ...
J Chadwick


Environmental risk assessment of wood preservatives in the Netherlands
2001 - IRG/WP 01-50166-10
Before biocides can be introduced to the Dutch market, they have to be authorised under the Pesticides Act (1962). The criteria for authorisation of biocides have been laid down in the Dutch Decree on Environmental Requirements for the Authorisation of Pesticides Used in Fields Other than Agriculture. In 1998, the EU Biocides Directive (98/9/EC) entered into force, and it was implemented in May 20...
E Smit, P van der Zandt, J Appelman


Remediation of environmental impacts related to inorganic wood preservative chemicals using in-situ geochemical fixation
2001 - IRG/WP 01-50166-17
Use of the inorganic wood preservative chemical chromated copper arsenate (CCA) has resulted in several documented cases of soil and ground water contamination at wood treatment plants due to spills or releases of the treatment chemical. The most significant impact from releases of CCA to the environment is related to hexavalent chromium contamination of ground water. This is due to the relative s...
R M Thomasser, J V Rouse