Impact of surface water conditions on preservative leaching and aquatic toxicity from treated wood products

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3781-3786

  Dubey, Brajesh ^a   Townsend, Timothy ^a   Solo Gabriele, Helena ^b   Bitton, Gabriel ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEACHING; SURFACE WATERS; WOOD;

AQUATIC TOXICITY; WOOD LEACHATES;

WATER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC ACID; BORON; COPPER; PYRROLE; WOOD PROTECTING AGENT; ARSENIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CHROMATED COPPER ARSENATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

LEACHING; SURFACE WATERS; WATER POLLUTION; WOOD;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; COMPLEXATION; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LABORATORY METHOD; LEACHING; LIGAND; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; LEACHING; TOXICITY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; WOOD; CHEMISTRY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

LEACHING; SURFACE WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WOOD;

ARSENATES; COPPER; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WOOD;

EID: 34250886450     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es062990f     Document Type: Article

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