Arsenic-Treated Wood : Background and Overview.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arsenic.

Chemistry.

Environmental law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (11 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2005.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Examines issues relating to the use of chromated copper arsenate (CCA) as a wood preservative. Presents overview of wood preservatives, and reviews CCA health effects. Discusses recommendations of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Scientific Advisory Panel regarding CCA and its review of an EPA draft risk assessment for CCA. Outlines CCA disposal issues, and summarizes CCA legislative proposals in the 108th Congress.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Arsenic-Treated Wood

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