Article: Beyond Pesticides/NCAMP: New EPA Data Released Under Freedom of Information Act Find High Cancer Risk Tied to Wood Utility Poles Treated with Poisonous Chemicals.

Article: Utility poles win Canadian patent.(CONSTRUCTION)
Advanced Composites Bulletin;  October 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... According to the company, around 20 million trees are chopped down worldwide every year to make utility poles. Coupled with this, wood poles have to be saturated with poisonous chemical preservatives which contaminate surrounding soil and ...

Article: Repair and rehabilitation of wood utility poles ...
Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering;  January 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... integrity of existing wood poles. This paper presents ... technique for wood poles using fibre ... words: wood, utility poles, fibre-reinforced ... height of wood utility poles (Kell 2001 ... rehabilitating wood poles. This research ...

Article: GLUABILITY OF OUT-OF-SERVICE UTILITY POLES.
Forest Products Journal;  October 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... SYP) (Pinus spp.) utility poles. Three types of adhesives ... out-of-service utility poles is a serious problem ... per year of weathered utility poles treated with creosote ... approximately 150 million wood poles in service carrying ...

Article: High cancer risk tied to wood utility poles treated ...
Natural Life;  January 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... millions of new wood utility poles treated with ... and disposal of wood poles. The American ... 5 percent of utility poles in service are ... retreat their utility poles with fresh chemicals ... chemically treated wood poles on site. * 69 ...

Article: NIPSCO EXPERIMENTS WITH STEEL UTILITY POLES
Post-Tribune (IN);  April 11, 1999 ;     500 words ... ... now, the company has used wood poles on its service lines. There are 305,000 wood poles being used in Northwest Indiana. Wood poles cost less to purchase but ... NIPSCO has maintained wood utility poles for as long as 40 years ...

Article: Alternative Material Utility Poles Should Replace ...
Advanced Materials & Composites News;  January 3, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... millions of new wood utility poles treated with penta ... estimated 130 million wood poles currently in use ... and disposal of wood poles. "The utility ... that 1.5% of utility poles are made from alternative ... surveyed retreat their utility poles with fresh ...

Article: Structural timbers from retired Douglas-fir utility ...
Forest Products Journal;  March 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... Around 4.5 million utility poles are available for recycling ... about 15 percent of all utility poles are Douglas-fir ... treatments for the utility poles. That survey also ... the service period, wood poles are weather-exposed ...