Chemicals used in wood preservation are coming under environmental and health related attacks and new approaches for a greener chemical approach are underway.
The US Department of Agriculture carries on extensive research about
wood -- how to grow it, how to engineer it to conserve it, and how to
protect it over the lifetime of the building or application -- and what
happens to the chemicals infused into the wood after the used wood is
discarded in landfills. The Forest Products Laboratory is the research arm of the USDA that tests wood, wood products, and the chemicals used in wood for construction purposes.
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