TOPICAL AND SAFETY ISSUES:

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COMMUNITY HEALTH EFFECTS RELATED TO EXPOSURES FROM CREOSOTE AND / OR CCA WOOD TREATMENT PLANTS

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INSECT INFESTATION OF TIMBER NOT JUST A ‘BORING’ COASTAL ISSUE

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PROTOCOL FOR THE REQUIRED PROPERTIES AND THE REGISTRATION WITH THE NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OF SURFACE COATING WOOD PRESERVATIVES FOR USE ON CUT ENDS OF TREATED TIMBER (END SEALS)

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MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE IN THE TIMBER TREATMENT INDUSTRY IN SOUTH AFRICA : Guidelines for Employers

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PROTOCOL FOR THE TREATMENT OF TIMBER IMPORTED INTO SOUTH AFRICA

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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REGULATIONS

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To obtain an MSDS please visit the respective CHEMICAL MANUFACTURERS websites.

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a) FFS information for the MOTIVATION FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF A NEW CREOSOTE WOOD PRESERVATIVE STANDARD

Part 1 and Part 2

(This is a revised copy of the paper by Don Hunter and Pierre Rossouw for the SABS meeting on the 13 May 2005)

b) The Persistence and Termite Resistance of Creosote and its Constituent Fractions

(by PJA Loseby and PMD Krogh – Forest Products Institute, Pretoria)

c) Effectiveness of Low and High Tar Acid Creosotes as Determined by Stake Tests

(by PF Coetzee, GS Vermaak and P Quinn – SA Forestry Research Institute, Pretoria)

d) Comparison of the efficacy of preservatives against termites and fungi in stake tests at Pienaars River and Kruisfontein

(by P Coetzee, GS Vermaak and P Quinn – SA Forestry Research Institute)

e) The Toxicity of South African Creosote

(by JH van Wyk and Len Verwoerd – Lecturer in Forestry and Professor of Phytopathology, respectively, Stellenbosch University)

f) Research Review of Coal Tar based Wood Preservatives – The South African Experience

(by PJ Rossouw, DW Hunter, July 2005)

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CONSUMER SAFETY INFORMATION SHEET

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