Environmental Impacts of Treated Wood

With greater awareness of environmental safety and health following the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) ban on most lumber treated with chromated copper arsenate (CCA), consumers, builders and architects want a safe, effective, durable wood product. Meanwhile, the chemical treatment industry is on the defensive, while at the same time searching for new solutions, and both new and established companies are hawking a variety of alternatives. In short, the treated wood industry is in major transition, as we discuss in the feature story in this issue (see page 1), and a new book, Environmental Impacts of Treated Wood, offers a dense and academic—but readable—guide to many of the key issues.
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