Partial List of Publications showing Potential Harm to Aquatic Life
from Exposure to CCA pressure-treated wood
  1. Weis, P. J.S. Weis and L. Coohill 1991. Toxicity to estuarine organisms of leachates from chromated copper arsenate treated wood. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 20: 118-124.
  2. Weis, J.S. and P. Weis, 1992. Construction materials in the marine environment: Reduction in the epibiotic communities on CCA-treated wood. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 83: 45-53.
  3. Weis, P., J.S. Weis , A. Greenberg and T. Nosker 1992. Toxicity of construction materials in the marine environment: A comparison of CCA-treated wood and recycled plastic. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 22: 99-106.
  4. Weis, J.S. and P. Weis, 1992. Transfer of contaminants from CCA-treated lumber to aquatic biota. J. Exper. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 161: 189-199.
  5. Weis, P. J.S. Weis and T. Proctor 1993. Copper, chromium and arsenic in sediments adjacent to wood structures treated with chromated copper arsenate (CCA). Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci. 36: 71-79.
  6. Weis, J.S. and P. Weis 1993. Trophic transfer of contaminants from organisms living by chromated copper arsenate (CCA)-treated wood to their predators. J. Exper. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 168: 25-34.
  7. Weis, P., J.S. Weis and E. Lores 1993. Uptake of metals from chromated copper arsenate (CCA)-treated lumber by epibiota. Mar. Poll. Bull. 26: 428-430.
  8. Weis, P. J.S. Weis and J. Couch 1993. Histopathology and bioaccumulation in oysters (Crassostrea virginica) living on wood preserved with chromated copper arsenate. Dis. Aquat. Org. 17: 41-46.
  9. Weis, J.S. and P. Weis 1994. Effects of contaminants from chromated copper arsenate (CCA)-treated lumber on benthos. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 26: 103-109.
  10. Weis, P., J.S. Weis, J. Couch, C. Daniels and T. Chen 1995. Pathological and genotoxicological observations in oysters (Crassostrea virginica) living on chromated copper arsenate (CCA)-treated wood. Mar. Environ. Res. 39: 275-278.
  11. Weis, J.S. and P. Weis 1995. Environmental effects of chromated copper arsenate (CCA)-treated wood in the aquatic environment. Ambio 24: 269-274.
  12. Weis, J.S. and P. Weis 1996. Reduction in toxicity of chromated copper arsenate (CCA)-treated wood as assessed by community study. Mar. Environ. Res. 41: 15-25.
  13. Weis, J.S. and P. Weis 1996. The effects of using wood treated with chromated copper arsenate in shallow water environments: a review. Estuaries 19: 306-310.
  14. Weis, J.S., P. Weis and T. Proctor 1998. The extent of benthic effects of CCA-treated wood in marine environments. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 34: 313-322.
  15. Weis, P. and J.S. Weis 1999. Accumulation of metals in consumers associated with chromated copper arsenate-treated wood panels. Mar. Environ. Res. 48: 73-81.
  16. Weis, J.S. and P. Weis 2002. Contamination of saltmarsh sediments and biota by CCA treated wood walkways. Mar. Poll. Bull. 44: 504-510.