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Keeping Wood Preservatives Where They Belong: In the Wood

Keeping Wood Preservatives Where They Belong: In the Wood

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  •  April 18, 2012
  •  Keeping Wood Preservatives Where They Belong: In the Wood
  •  Posted by innovation at 6:00 am
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  •  Environment, FYI, Innovation, Michigan Tech, Nanotech
  •  Tagged with: biocides, Chemical substance, chemistry professor, frequent basis, hapless creatures, keeping wood preservatives where they belong in the wood, michigan technological university, Nanoparticle, nanoparticle-treated wood, nanoparticletreated wood, patricia heiden, Pressure-treated wood, pressuretreated wood, special handling, Tebuconazole, technological university scientists, university scientists, wet weather, Wood preservation, wood preservatives
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It reduced the leaching of biocides by 90 percent Pressure-treated wood is great stuff, but the chemicals used to preserve it from decay can leach out, where they can be toxic to bugs, fungi and [...]

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