Product: Vacsol® Azure – Pressure Treated Timber
Arxada t/a Arch Wood Protection (SA) (PTY) Ltd
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Vacsol® Azure – Pressure Treated Timber
TOP 3 Benefits
- Considered safe to use
- Comply with relevant social and environmental law
- Fit for purpose
Vacsol® Azure treated timber is treated with Vacsol® Azure wood preservative, which contains new organic insecticides and fungicides and uses white spirits or Kerosol as the medium to penetrate the timber cells with the preservative mixture to assure long-term preservative protection.
The preservative is applied in a pressure treatment vessel in a controlled environment and is used to treat primarily value-added sawn timber products such as laminated beams, timber cladding and ceiling. The product is suitable for residential and commercial applications.
The significance of this preservative (for the South African market) is that it is metal-free, which provides environmental advantages over its predecessor solvent-based wood preservative products.
Vacsol® Azure is an APVMA-registered chemical (No. 56786) and should be used in accordance with the label instructions.
- Manufacturer Claim Verification
Global GreenTag Standard v4.0
Achievements:
Health & Ecotoxicity
- Considered safe to use
Corporate Social Responsibility
- All marketing environmental claims verified accurate
- Complies with relevant social and environmental laws of the country of operation
- Environmental Management System
- Market Acceptance
More information:
The product is Manufacture Claim Verified (Eco-Preferred).
Taking into consideration that the ECHA dossier considers Propriconazole as not readily bio-degradable and as a GHS Category 1B reproductive toxic chemical along with it being currently (as of 7/10/2022) a List II Endocrine disruptor and "under evaluation in an EU legislative process due to explicit concerns for possible endocrine disrupting properties" Global GreenTag determined the risk of the substance to be low both in 'Product Stage' (manufacturing), 'Building Stage and End of Life Stages' (see edlists.org).
We determined the low risk in the 'Building Stage and End of Life' Cycle Phase based on a comparison between the significance of toxicity from Zhao (et al., 2020) study and concentrations measured in the environment by Battaglin et al. (2020).
We determined the risk of the substance to be low in the 'Product Stage' (manufacturing) because Archwood has an Environmental and OHS policy in place and is ISO9001 certified.
This product contains a 'Red Light Comment' based on the low risk of Propriconazole in the 'Building Stage and End of Life' (Table 3.1, p. 66, Baggs,et al., 2016).
References:
Baggs, D., Jacob, S., Vleig, M., Ashar, S.. 2016. Global GreenTag International v4.0.
Battaglin, W. A., Sandstrom, M. W., Kuivila, K. M., Kolpin, D. W., & Meyer, M. T. (2010). Occurrence of Azoxystrobin, Propiconazole, and Selected Other Fungicides in US Streams, 2005–2006. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 218(1-4), 307–322. doi.org/10.1007/s11270-010-0643-2
Zhao, F., Cao, F., Li, H., Teng, M., Liang, Y., & Qiu, L. (2020). The effects of a short-term exposure to propiconazole in zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos. Environmental Science and Pollution Research International, 27(30), 38212–38220. doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-09968-7
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