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Professor J. F. Levy, Honory Life Long Member of IRG Professor John Levy, a friend to all IRG members, died on August 11th 2005. 
Read the obituary notice here Regulatory News Australia: CCA-treated timber The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Chemicals Authority (APVMA) review of CCA is still on course to introduce restrictions by mid-March next year. After this date CCA may not be used to treat timber intended for garden furniture, picnic tables, exterior seating, children’s play equipment, patio and domestic decking, and handrails. CCA may still be used for preservative treatment of timber and timber products for piling and other structural foundations, residential construction, industrial and commercial construction, rural and farm use, fencing, poles, landscaping timbers, fresh and salt water structures, signage and boat construction. The APVMA could find “ … no compelling evidence from the available data to conclude that there was likely to be an unacceptable risk to public health from exposure to arsenic from CCA-treated timber.” The restrictions are therefore precautionary but they have caused a great deal of confusion and misinformation about existing CCA-treated structures. A number of government Health departments have issued statements intended to put the public at ease. The statements by the Health departments and by the Timber Preservers Association of Australia (TPAA) have been issued to reassure the public that CCA, properly used, poses no risk either to health or to the environment. IRG members and others should visit the TPAA web site to read about the review, some of the controversial issues surrounding it, and the Health department statements. Harry Greaves Europe: Chromium - active substance or fixative? On 21st June 2005 the European Commission and the Competent Authorities of the Member States agreed a guidance document to tackle the discussion whether Chromium is an active substance or only a fixative. After elaborating on the term ‘sufficiently effective’, the guidance document concludes that although chromium could possibly be sufficiently effective at high concentrations, it is may not be sufficiently effective on its own under normal conditions of use (i.e. in a product containing only Chromium in typical concentrations and with typical application rates) or when used in combination with other active substances under normal conditions of use (i.e. in typical concentrations and with typical application rates) and therefore would not have to be considered as active substance in the sense of the Directive under such conditions. However, it is up to the applicant for authorisation to demonstrate that chromium contained in a product for which authorisation is requested is not acting as an active substance under the conditions of use. As a consequence, Chromium does not have to be listed in Annex I for further use in biocidal products (in combination with other active substances) - it could be used in formulations and would then have to be treated as a substance of concern in formulated products. To address the concerns about a lack of toxicology and ecotoxicology, the guidance document states that the BPD foresees the ability to request the complete data set for ‘substances of concern’. It must be underlined that this document only serves to provide guidance to the Member States and the industry. It has been conceived as an opinion of the services involved and it is not legally binding. (From WEI-IEO Newsletter Issue 4/05 - July 2005). Europe: BPD - Third Review Regulation On 9 July 2005 the European Commission published the Third Review Regulation (Commission Regulation (EC) 1048/2005) concerning the Biocidal Products Directive (Biocides Directive 98/8/EC). This new regulation amends Commission Regulation (EC) 2032/2003 and contains the following changes:
Read more about the developments concerning the Biocidal Products Directive Business News Sale of the Rütgers Chemicals businesses International Chemical Investors (INCI), an equity Group based in Frankfurt, has agreed to buy five fine and specialty chemicals units of Rütgers Chemicals. The sale of the Rütgers Chemicals businesses is still subject to approval by the boards and regulatory authorities, but is expected to be completed in the coming weeks. Included in the sale is the unit Rütgers Organics that produces wood preservatives. This unit will retain its current name on both sides of the ocean. Read more about the transaction Vacancy Announcement - Executive Director Please find attached a vacancy announcement for the position of Executive Director, Future Harvest Alliance Office, to be based in Rome, Italy. Please note that this vacancy will be inserted on the IPGRI web page. Read the vacancy announcement HONG Lay Thong International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI) Regional Office for Asia the Pacific and Oceania (APO) P.O. Box 236, UPM Post Office, 43400 Serdang, Selangor D.E. MALAYSIA Tel: +60-3-89423891, Fax: +60-3-89487655 Vacancy Announcement - Senior Scientist Rohm and Haas is a global producer of specialty materials with revolutionary developments in everything from electronic materials and polymers for paints to personal care products. With sales in excess of $7 billion, we measure our progress by how well we perform in the eyes of five key groups - the customer, the employee, the owner, the community and the process. We have currently recruiting a Senior Scientist at our home office in Philadelphia, PA. We are looking for an experienced formulator of wood preservation products to join our team to design, develop, and evaluate new formulations for the preservation and protection of wood. The desired candidate would have a track record of commercialized formulated products in the marketplace containing biocides, UV absorbers, water repellents and other additives common to this field. Experience working with wood treaters, and knowledge of various wood treatment processes is required. A B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in a scientific field is required. For immediate consideration, please submit your resume electronically via our careers website. Please search for Requisition #1233 and submit online. Contact: Vanessa Prater Scientific News 2005 AWPA Book of Standards The 2005 AWPA Book of Standards contains the most recent updates to standards pertaining to wood preservatives and wood preservation. The 2005 AWPA Book of Standards is available as a printed softcover book, a searchable CD-ROM, or as a print/CD combination. OPEN ORDER FORM IRG Secretariat News Nominations 2006 This is a reminder to Members to nominate candidates to the Executive Council in 2006. Three new members on the Executive Council will be elected, two representing members and one representing sponsors. The detailed procedure is described in IRG/WP 03-60180 and nominations must be made on the appropriate form to the Chairman of the Nominations Sub-Committee via the IRG Secretariat. Only valid nominations received by 31 March 2006 will be considered. IRG welcomes new members The IRG welcomes the following new Members since the Plenary in Bangalore: Regular Dr Stephen Crimp, Osmose Australia Mr Leonardo De la Hoz, Gamma Química, Colombia Dr Stan Lebow, Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, USA Ms Tripti Singh, Ensis, New Zealand Student Mr Naroliya Bhoopendra, Forest Research Institute, Dehra Dun, India Corresponding Prof Dr Luo Jianju, Guangxi University, China IRG 37 in Tromsø The website will be launched during October 2005. The deadline for contributions is 15 April 2006. Ron Cockroft Award 2006 Please note that the deadline for applications is 15 December 2005. Professors are asked to encourage students to apply for an award. For criteria and application form, see IRG/WP 03-60177. IRG Travel Awards Younger scientists, IRG members as well as non-members, may apply for an IRG Travel Award. This award is intended for short-term scientific missions and the maximum award is SEK 12.500 (approximately USD 1.800), see IRG/WP 03-60175 for criteria and application form. There is no particular deadline for applications. The IRG Compendium Members and Sponsors using the Compendium are kindly asked to report to the IRG Secretariat any problems with documents (missing pages, need for corrections etc etc) or the search engine (documents missing? spelling errors, etc etc). Sponsor the IRG e-Newsletter! IRG regular sponsors and members' institutes are kindly invited to sponsor the production of the IRG e-Newsletter in order to cover the costs involved for production of the same. The IRG e-Newsletter is scheduled for six issues per year, and for each issue a sponsor is welcome. The fee for sponsoring the e-Newsletter is USD 300 (SEK 2.100) in 2005. The e-Newsletter sponsor will then get the company/institute logo on the front page and a link to the company/institute website. For sponsoring the first four issues of the e-Newsletter, Janssen Pharmaceutica, CSI, US Borax, and Arch Chemicals are kindly acknowledged. Please contact the IRG Secretariat, if you are interested in sponsoring the e-Newsletter. Contact details Have you changed address, e-mail address or telephone number recently? Please report to the to the IRG Secretariat immediately in order to facilitate the Secretariat's communication with Members and Sponsors. Legal Information Read legal information here Editorial If you have information related to wood protection being of general interest for Regular Members, Student Members or IRG Sponsors, please email to the NiB editor with the name of the web page and the URL.  |
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Click the logo to visit the e-Newsletter sponsor! Events 26th AIVC International Conference - Ventilation in relation to the energy performance of buildings (21 - 23 September 2005, Brussels - Belgium) Tagung Bauchemie (29 - 30 September 2005, Berlin, Germany) 9th European Panel Products Symposium EPPS (05 - 07 October 2005, Llandudno, United Kingdom) 1st International Conference on Environmental Exposure and Health (05 - 07 October 2005, Atlanta, USA) 2nd European Conference on Wood Modification (06 - 07 October 2005, Göttingen, Germany) Rosenheim Window Congress 2005 (20 - 21 October 2005, Rosenheim, Germany) Wood-Plastic and Natural Fiber Composites 2005 (24 - 26 October 2005, Baltimore, Maryland, USA) CWPA Twenty-Sixth Annual Meeting consecutively with CITW and CSA 080 (24 - 27 October 2005, Toronto, Canada) Nordic Bioenergy 2005 Conference (25 - 27 October 2005, Trondheim, Norway) 2005 Excellence in Building Conference & Expo (26 - 28 October 2005, Colorado Springs, USA) Wood Adhesives 2005 (02 - 04 November 2005, San Diego, USA) Innovative and sustainable use of forest resources (09 - 10 November 2005, Stockholm, Sweden) Building Materials Reuse and Recycling: Decon05 Conference (07 - 08 November 2005, Atlanta, USA) SP-Trätek Wood Preservation Meeting (10 - 11 November 2005, Borås, Sweden) IAWPS2005 International Symposium on Wood Science and Technologies 50th Anniversary of The Japan Wood Research Society (27 - 30 November 2005, Yokohama, Japan) 6th Pacific Regional Wood Anatomy Conference (PRWAC) (01 - 05 December 2005, Kyoto, Japan) 2. Waste to Energy (07 - 08 December 2005, Bremen, Germany) Conference "Wood Protection 2006 (21 - 23 March 2006, New Orleans, USA) 6th Global Wood and Natural Fibre Composites Symposium (05 - 06 April 2006, Kassel, Germany) 102nd AWPA Annual Meeting (09 - 11 April 2006, Austin, Texas, USA) 9th World Conference on Timber Engineering WCTE 2006 (06 - 10 August 2006, Portland, Oregon, USA) WEI Congress 2006 (13 - 16 September 2006, Turku, Finland) International Conference on Environmental Epidemiology & Exposure (02 - 06 September 2006, Paris, France) ECOWOOD 2 – 2nd International Conference on Environmentally – Compatible Forest Products (20 - 22 September 2006, Oporto, Portugal) 10th European Panel Products Symposium EPPS (10 - 13 October 2006, Llandudno, United Kingdom) COST Actions 
The Procedures Manual The IRG Procedures Manual ia a "handbook" for IRG Members and Sponsors. It has the following contents:
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