A Brief Overview of Non-Arsenical Wood Preservative Systems

摘要

The principal U.S. wood preservative is currently chromated copper arsenate (CCA). However, the three CCA suppliers in the U.S. and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have agreed to restrict CCA-treated wood to industrial use by 2004. This chapter briefly reviews non-arsenical wood preservative and/or treatment systems which are commercial in the U.S. and/or other countries or may be in the process of being evaluated as viable candidates.