Overview

Strategic Options for the Management of Toxic Substances in the Wood Preservation Sector

• The Wood Preservation Industry
  • Wood Preservation Facilities in Canada (920Kb map image)
  • List of Wood Preservation Facilities in Canada
• CEPA-toxic Substances Used by the Wood Preservation Industry
  • inorganic arsenic compounds
  • chromium (VI)
  • polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH)
  • creosote-impregnated waste materials
  • polychlorinated dibenzodioxins (dioxins)
  • polychlorinated dibenzofurans (furans)
  • hexachlorobenzene (HCB)
• The Wood Preservation Sector Strategic Options Process