CCA Research & Additional Information

Where to find additional information about CCA, arsenic, and chromium on the Web

This page contains links to important reference pages on the Web where consumers can find out more about CCA, arsenic, chromium, and efforts to ban CCA treated wood.  Some of the information here can be found on other pages in this site.  Other links are unique.  This page will be updated on a regular basis as new information becomes available.  

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• CPSC/EPA's New Brochure on CCA Treated Wood Precautions New!
  (CPSC, 06/24/11)
  [Editor's note: File is 3.6 MB and may take 1-2 minutes to download, depending on your connection speed.]
  
  
• EPA Feasibility Study of Remedial Alternatives for Koppers Superfund Site in Gainesville, FL
  (EPA, 08/31/09)
  [Editor's note: PDF File is 16.5 MB and may take 1-3 minutes to download, depending on your connection speed.]
  
  
• EPA Requests Public Comments on CCA Risk Assessment
  (EPA Website, 05/01/08)
  [Editor's note: Deadline for submitting comments is June 16, 2008.]
  
  
• New Study on Environmental Impact of Arsenic in Soil & Water near CCA-Treated Utility Poles
  (Abstract from NIH PubMed Website, orig. study publ. in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Apr. 2008)
  
  
• Biomonitoring For Chromium and Arsenic in Timber Treatment Plant Workers Exposed to CCA Wood Preservatives
  (NIH's PubMed Web site: March 2006)
  
  
• Release of Arsenic to the Environment from CCA-Treated Wood
  (NIH's PubMed Web site: Feb. 2006)
  
  
• Update on Australia's APVMA's Implementation of the CCA Review
  (Australia's Pesticides and Veterinary Medicine Authority Web site: March 2006)
  
  
• City of Gainesville Designates 500 Foot buffer of Stephen Foster Neighborhood next to Koppers Superfund Site as Special Environmental Concern Area
  (City of Gainesville Web site: August 2005)
  [Editor's note: Most people in Gainesville who live near the Koppers Superfund site are unaware that the City designated a 500 foot buffer zone called an Area of
  Special Environmental Concern around the Superfund site in 2005 restricting the use of those properties. Page 10 of 12 includes a map showing that buffer zone area.]
  
  
• The Safe Playgrounds Project
  (Center for Environmental Health Web site: March 2005)
  
  
• Treated Timber - A Ticking Time Bomb
  (University of Wollongong Web site, NSW, Australia: March 2005, author: Prof. Sharon Beder)
  
  
• Toxic Timber page by Australia's BadDevelopers Web site
  [Editor's note: Detailed info & photos on Australia's CCA Treated Wood Problems: 12/24/2003]
  
  
• Arsenic Timber Treatments (CCA and Arsenic Trioxide) Review Scope Document
  (Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority Web site: March 2003)
  
  
• Special Report Series: "Playing With Poison"
  (WISH TV Channel 8 - Indianapolis, IN: 2001-2003)
  
  
• Impact of CCA (Chromated Copper Arsenate) in Wood Mulch
  (Originally published in "Science of the Total Environment", Vol. 309 Issues 1-3, pgs. 173-185: 6/20/03)
  
  
• Emerging Technologies in Treated Wood Protection
  (Excerpt from the Forest Products Journal, published on Chemistry.Org: 2/16/03)
  
  
• CPSC Briefing Report on CCA Wood in Playground Equipment
  (US Consumer Product Safety Commission Web site: 2/7/03)
  
  
• European Union (EU) Directive bans CCA treated wood
  (European Commission Web site: 1/7/03)
  
  
• US ATSDR Report on Toxic Nature of Creosote Treated Wood
  (ATSDR Web site: Sept. 2002)
  
  
• International Research Group on Wood Preservation
  [Editor's note: This web site contains information on international wood preservation issues and new techniques and methods used in other countries, many of whom have banned CCA and other toxic forms of treated wood products.]
  
  
• Read the latest ongoing research on CCA Disposal, Leaching and Toxicity Issues
  (Florida Center for Solid and Hazardous Waste Management Web site)
  
  
• Earlier Report to Florida DEP detailed Risks of CCA wood to Children
  (BANCCA.ORG: 8/19/02)
  
  
• European Commission publishes Results of Feedback on the Use of Arsenic in Wood Preservatives
  (European Union Web site: 4/8/02)
  
  
• Beyond Pesticide's Comments to EPA on CCA Phaseout
  (Beyond Pesticides.Org Web site: 3/22/02)
  
  
• Environmental Quality Institute's Report on Release of Arsenic and Chromium from New and Aged Pressure Treated CCA Lumber
  (Report is courtesy of Dr. Richard Maas, University of North Carolina Env. Quality Institute: February 2002) Download PDF Here
  
  
• EPA Notice of Request to Cancel CCA Wood Products
  (EPA Web site: 2/22/02)
  
  
• Chromated Copper Arsenate & Its Use as a Wood Preservative
  (EPA Web site on CCA topics)
  
  
• See example of the new CCA Warning Label
  (by BANCCA.Org: 1/24/02)
  
  
• New Hampshire Sierra Club - CCA Links page
  (New Hampshire Chapter of the Sierra Club: 1/01/02)
  
  
• Download the EPA's Scientific Advisory Panel Report
  (EPA- FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel Web site: 12/13/01)
  
  
• EWG's report: "The PoisonWood Rivals" about Home Depot & Lowes
  (EWG Web site: 11/07/01)
  
  
• EWG's provocative Ad about CCA lumber and Home Depot
  (EWG Web site: 11/07/01)
  
  
• EPA's Q&A page on CCA lumber products 
  (EPA Web site: 9/6/01)
  
  
• Special Report: "Good Wood Gone Bad"
  (Waste Age Magazine: August 2001)
  
  
• Special Report: "Wood worries"
  (Gainesville Sun: 3/25/01)
  
  
• Special Report: "The Poison in your Backyard"
  (St. Petersburg Times: 3/11/01)
  
  
• Excerpt from "Do you Really Want to Use Pressure Treated Wood?"
  (Nova Scotia Allergy & Environmental Health Association: 6/00)
  
  
• Arsenic In Hair Analysis
  (Great Smokies Diagnostic Laboratory Web site: 2/00)
  
  
• Chromium in Timber Preservation
  (International Chromium Development Association Web site: 11/98)
  
  
• Canadian Anti-CCA Website
  (NOCCAWood.CA Web site)
  
  
• EPA's Toxicological Profile of Hexavalent Chromium
  (from the EPA Web site: 8/98)
  
  
• Special Report: "Poison Poles - A Report about their Toxic Trail and Safer Alternatives"
  (Beyond Pesticides.Org: 1997)
  
  
• Study: Residues of Arsenic, Chromium and Copper on and near Playground Structures Built of CCA Pressure-Treated Wood
  (Riedel, et al: 1990 - an unpublished Canadian study on CCA playground equipment)
  Editor's note: This historic study was converted from Wordperfect to WORD format and reformatted by BANCCA.ORG.]
  

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