year “7” and year “8” studies focusing on mulch
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Year “7” and Year “8” Studies Focusing on Mulch. Mulch – Buffer Materials. Early research has shown that mulches made from recycled dimensional wood can be contaminated with CCA (Townsend et al. 2003). - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Year “7” and Year “8” Studies Focusing on Mulch
Mulch – Buffer Materials
• Early research has shown that mulches made from recycled dimensional wood can be contaminated with CCA (Townsend et al. 2003).
• Follow-up study -> Year 7 – South Florida Year 8 – Rest of Florida
Mulch made from C&D Wood
Mulch Analysis Methods
Sample
Visual Inspection
Size Distribution
Ash for total Metals
SPLP Analysis
Mulch Ashing Results
All 6 samples contained plywoodindicating that they contained recycled dimensional wood.
Ashed Samples: 20
Colored: 14
Not Positive for Arsenic: 8
Positive for Arsenic: 6
Positive for Arsenic: 1
Not Positive for Arsenic: 5
Not Colored: 6
Concentration Range of Arsenic Samples
Ashing Test
13
1 2 2 20
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
0 - 10 10 - 50 50 - 100 100 - 150 150 - 200
Arsenic mg/kg
Nu
mb
er o
f S
amp
les
Ashed Mulch
R2 = 0.88
0
100
200
300
400
500
0 50 100 150 200 250
Arsenic (mg/kg)
Ch
rom
ium
(m
g/k
g)
Arsenic vs. Chromium
Mulch SPLP Results
All 8 samples contained plywood indicating that they contained recycled dimensional wood.
SPLP Samples: 32
Not Colored: 15
Colored: 17
Not Positive for Arsenic: 10
Positive for Arsenic: 5
Not Positive for Arsenic: 9
Positive for Arsenic: 8
Concentration Range of Arsenic Samples
SPLP Test
20
3 36
0
5
10
15
20
0 - 12 12 - 50 50 - 100 100 - 150
Arsenic ug/L
Nu
mb
er o
f S
amp
les
SPLP Analysis
R2 = 0.83
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
0 50 100 150 200
Arsenic (ug/L)
Ch
rom
ium
(u
g/L
)Arsenic vs. Chromium
Conclusion
Engineered wood was found in 28% of consumer mulches
Arsenic was found in 35% consumer mulches
SPLP tested showed that arsenic leached from 37 % of consumer mulches 26% of these samples leached over 50 μg/L
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