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Forest Service Researcher Finds New 'Cure' for Termites; Environmentally Friendly Termidicide Halts Invasive Pest.
AScribe Business & Economics News Service, August, 2004
Byline: Forest Products Laboratory
MADISON, Wis., Aug. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- An unexpected finding by a Forest Service researcher in Wisconsin has led to a patent for a promising new weapon in the battle against one of the country's most destructive insect pests, the Formosan subterranean termite, which costs American consumers a billion dollars a year.
Microbiologist Frederick Green III looks for ways to prevent fungi from causing wood to decay at the USDA Forest Service Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, Wis. In recent years, Green has been looking for alternatives to a popular preservative used in pressure-treating wood, chromated copper arsenate (CCA). Use of CCA has been curtailed because of environmental concerns about arsenic and heavy...
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