CCA News & Information Articles

DEC Proposes Rule Change To Eliminate Open Burning 05-07-2008 In an effort to reduce the impacts of pollutants such as dioxins, particulate matter and carbon monoxide and to limit the risks of wildfires, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is proposing to extend the ban on open burning statewide. Open burning of residential wastes in any city or village, or in any town with a population of 20,000 or more has been prohibited since 1972. link to a site on the dangers of wood burning 04-26-2008 Hey Everybody, In response to my letter about update, website and contact info: forA'burg neighbours get legal order to stop man' I received a link to this website which looks very excellent and just the chart on the homepage about different types of fuel emmssions really drives home the point of the dangers of burning wood let alone scrap wood. http://burningissues.org/car-www/index.html There is also a link to a French site http://www.lac-beauportois.com/ This site is soon to have information up in English as well. Take care everybody and please keep safe. deborah Check out what is happening to the Brandie Family 04-26-2008 Hey Everybody, I have an update for you on the below story. Shirley Brandie and I are fast becoming good friends and I would like to introduce you to her website where she has kept an excellent log of the containation her family has suffered along with the pictures of what her neighbor has been burning. Very similar to my families story. http://woodburnersmoke.net So please check it out. If you have any data to back her case then please contact her at s.brandie@sympatico.ca Please remember her family in your thoughts and prayers Take care everybody and please keep safe. Deborah Fate of Cu, Cr, and As during combustion of impregnated wood with and without peat additive 09-01-2007 Hey Everybody, Although they may have achieved a small measure of success by burning cca treated wood with peat added the results would still be disastrous to health and the environment. As the summer season approaches I want to remind you of the very real concerns with burning treated wood. I often hear from people saying that bonfires are often made from this wood because of the pretty colors when ignited and that children love the look of it. Look below at the percentages of the metals found in the emissions and then please remember that 1 12-foot, 2 by 6 piece of wood contains enough arsenic (one ounce), to kill two hundred and fifty people. Also one tablespoon of this ash can kill a 150-lb human being if ingested. This is just referring to the dangers of the arsenic alone not even considering the hexavalent chromium or the copper. There are other chemicals and metals present in cca wood as well. Please do not burn any treated wood. Take care everybody and please keep safe. deborah Emissions of chromium, copper, arsenic, and PCDDs/Fs from open burning 11-01-2005 Hi Everybody, My home was tested with the very sophisticated Niton Corporation portable X-Ray Fluorescence Analyser and it was found to be it very contaminated. A scientist did the testing on my home with this hand held computer. It was not done by any government agency that we had sought help from. This scientist gave us the opportunity to clean up our environment and we owe him a great debt of gratitude. We gave these results to governments in several countries in hope of such a study. This is a validation of everything I have been saying since I began writing my reports in 2000 and I believe this scientists results likely lead to this study. Now the world owes him a debt of gratitude for having the compassion to answer my call for help. It certainly should be enough proof to outlaw the burning of cca wood and help us all realize that we must quit making products that we can not safely dispose of and that put health and the environment at serious risk. Take care everybody and please keep safe. Deborah government data websites provided by Environment Canada on cca burning email me for these studies Increased PCDD/F formation in the bottom ash from fires of CCA-treated wood. 06-27-2003 Comparable levels of PCDD/Fs would be expected in residual ash from burning CCA-treated wood in backyard fires, stoves and wood heaters, as a consequence of similar combustion conditions. Characteristics of chromated copper arsenate-treated wood ash. 06-26-2003 Sugar farmer spreads ash on field containing about 1% cca wood ash 07-10-2002 cited from CCA in the Environment , Barrie 2000, as quoted from Arsenic and Old Wood by Curtis Rist Industrial Burning of Treated Wood 07-08-2002 addresses some the the dangers of burning various treated wood Bovine arsenic toxicosis from ingestion of ashed copper-chrome-arsenate treated timber. 06-26-2003 Story of Cows Dying After Eating CCA Wood Ash CCA IN THE ENVIRONMENT, Barrie 2000 From the Article, "Arsenic and Old Wood" by Curtis Rist as Referenced in , CCA in the Environment by Deborah Barrie Two possible pathways for the release of arsenic during pyrolysis of chromated copper arsenate (CCA)-treated wood. 09-10-2004 - PUB MED The behavior of arsenic during pyrolysis at temperatures between 135 and 500 degrees C has been widely studied. Beach Fire Rings Tested For Toxic Metals 07-02-2004 Testing was started Friday at several beach and campground sites with fire rings in Santa Cruz County for arsenic, chromium and other metals. In all, five beach sites and two campground sites were tested by the Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District. A citizens group -- Friends of the Harbor -- did its own testing in May and said it discovered high levels of arsenic next to a fire ring on Twin Lakes Beach. That caught the attention of state and local officials. Tests Confirm Toxins In Beach Fire Rings 07-02-2004 Health officials in Santa Cruz confirmed Tuesday that high levels of arsenic, copper and chromium have been found at Twin Lakes Beach. Toxic levels of the substances were found at two fire ring sites. At one site, tests showed levels about 70,000 parts per million. At the other site, the test measured 20,000 parts per million. Arsenic and Old Stakes 10-10-2004 Too dangerous to burn or bury, treated wooden grape stakes sit in piles of thousands. They're a symbol of hard times that can't be erased. Two possible pathways for the release of arsenic during pyrolysis of chromated copper arsenate (CCA)-treated wood. 09-10-2004 - PUB MED The behavior of arsenic during pyrolysis at temperatures between 135 and 500 degrees C has been widely studied. Two possible pathways for the release of arsenic during pyrolysis of chromated copper arsenate (CCA)-treated wood. 09-10-2004 - PUB MED The behavior of arsenic during pyrolysis at temperatures between 135 and 500 degrees C has been widely studied. U.S. EPA charges Coachella Valley businessman with violating federal waste laws; 03-21-2007 The EPA’s complaint alleges that George AuClair Jr. violated hazardous and solid waste laws by: • Open dumping of solid waste; • Open burning of solid waste; • Failing to notify EPA of its waste handling activity and to apply for an EPA identification number; • Storage and disposal of hazardous waste without a permit; • Failing to label containers of used oil.