Chapter 4
I Management Of Native Forests
II Plantations-high Productivity Resources
III Protecting The Resource
IV Harvesting The Resource
V Solid Wood And Its Processing
i Sawmilling
ii Drying
iii Preservation
iv Quality and standards
VI Minor Forest Products
VII Reconstituted Wood Products
VIII Pulp And Paper
IX Export Woodchips
X Future Directions
XI Acknowledgements
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Preservation (continued)
The toxicity of many of the agents used in wood preservation has become a matter of increasing concern in recent years and has given rise to the development of improved treatment methods, such as use of PEC, the scaling-down of the use of some chemicals such as pentachlorphenol and the closer control of operations to prevent environmental pollution. An Australian Standard 'Code of practice for safety in timber preservation plants and for safe handling and disposal of preservative treated timber' was issued in 1984. Moreover all preservatives must be cleared by the Commonwealth Government's Technical Committee on Agricultural Chemicals and must be classified by the Poisons Schedule Standing Committee of the National Health and Medical Research Council.
Organisations in Australian Science at Work - CSIRO Division of Forest Products; National Health and Medical Research Council. Poisons Schedule Standing Committee; Technical Committee on Agricultural Chemicals
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