Marco Picone, Martina Russo, Davide Marchetto, Gabriele Giuseppe Distefano, Marco Baccichet, Elisa Scalabrin, Thomas Galvan, Miha Humar, Bostjan Lesar, Irene Guarneri, Davide Tagliapietra, Gabriele Capodaglio, Annamaria Volpi Ghirardini
To quantify the possible impact of different wood protection techniques on the aquatic environment, we applied a tiered Integrated Testing Strategy (ITS) on leachates obtained from untreated (UTW) Norway spruce (Picea abies), specimens treated with a copper-ethanolamine-based preservative solution, complying with the Use Class 3 (UC3), and specimens thermally modified (TM). Different maturation times in water were tested to verify whether toxicant leaching is time-dependent. Tier I tests, addressing acute effects on Aliivibrio fischeri, Raphidocelis subcapitata, and Daphnia magna, evidenced that TM toxicity was comparable or even lower than in UTW...
May 3, 2024: Journal of Hazardous Materials