Links to information on CCA Wood 

David Stilwell / Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, CT 31jul02

David Stilwell
The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
PO Box 1106, New Haven, CT 06504
USA
david.stilwell@po.state.ct.us  
203-974-8457

International Research Group on Wood Preservatives has lists of abstracts from their meetings, some of which are directed towards coatings
http://www.irg-wp.com/home_body.htm 

Work by David Stilwell at the CT Agric Exp. Station
http://www.caes.state.ct.us/PlantScienceDay/1999PSD/arsenic99.htm 
http://www.caes.state.ct.us/FactSheetFiles/AnalyticalChemistry/fsAC001s.htm 

CCA Research Funded by the Florida Center for Solid and Hazardous Waste Management 
http://www.floridacenter.org 

CT Dept of Health Fact Sheets
http://www.state.ct.us/dph/Publications/BCH/EEOH/pressurtr.pdf 

EPA's Notice of Phase Out of CCA
http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/citizens/cca_transition.htm 

CCA Info with many Links and Sources for Alternative Products
http://www.healthybuilding.net/index.html 

The Ban CCA Web Site - (And Links on Alternative Products) http://www.bancca.org 

Gardens and CCA - Fact Sheet and Alternative Product
http://www.agronomy.psu.edu/Extension/Facts/Treated_Lumber.pdf 
http://www.preservedwood.com/safety/research_rosen.html 

Other Woods
     tropical hardwoods http://www.durablewoods.com/index.htm 
     pacific coast cypress http://www.northernlumber.com/default2.html 
    cedar http://www.allthingscedar.com 

Arsenic Testing
http://www.arsenic-solutions.com/arstestkit.htm 
http://www.ewg.org/reports/poisonwoodrivals/orderform.php 

Waste Age Article - Good Wood Gone Bad
http://www.industryclick.com/microsites/Newsarticle.asp?newsarticleid=217543&srid=10070&instanceid=2151&pageid=534&magazineid=121&siteid=27 

The technology to produce arsenic free treated wood is available now- Alternative Preservatives
http://www.bbslumber.com/index.htm 
http://www.wolmanizedwood.com/whatis.html#4 

DECAY SEALING PAINTING etc

Good Intro on Decay http://www.mchd.com/pdf/woodpr.pdf 
Sealing CCA http://www.healthytomorrow.org/pdf/cca_seal.pdf 
Cleaners and Restoration http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/pdf1998/ross98e.pdf 
Weathering and Erosion http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/pdf2001/willi01a.pdf 

Organic Gardening coating recipe from the USDA http://www.organicgardening.com/watchdog/treatedwood_self.html

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