George E. Parris

George Parris, Ph.D., American Wood Preservers Institute, Fairfax, VA
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George Parris: The red stain used on the mulch, which is an iron compound, may affect leaching.
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George Parris: Please define the term % volatiles?
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George Parris: Why was the one sample so high at 216 mg/kg?

Response: That particular sample could have been influenced by sawdust, perhaps.
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George Parris: The background concentration determined for Florida assumes that the soils are un-impacted by human activity.
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George Parris and Several Others from the Audience: We do not consider that the unknown treated wood should be included within the leaching study.

Response: It was presented as an opportunity.
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George Parris: A considerable amount of toxicity information is available in the literature on biofouling.There's a researcher by the name of Alberquerque that has some information.

George Parris: There should be no arsine gas in biological systems.
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George Parris: Tom Roberts of the FDEP may have a database available on arsenic speciation.
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George Parris: The view that chromium III is immobile is a generalization.Chromium III combines with many different compounds, all of which migrate differently.

8. Discussion, Including Recommendations for "Year 5" Research

George Parris: Consider using additives in the combustion process that will bind CCA to the ash and therefore prevent leaching.
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George Parris: The problem with adding a color is due to the fact that it tends to get bleached-out with U.V. light.

George Parris: Speciation should include the methylated forms.
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George Parris: Consider the feasibility of flattening the wood under pressure.By flattening the wood, there may be increased resistence to biodegredation.

George E. Parris, B.S., M.S., PhDDirector of Environmental and Regulatory Affairs

George Parris, American Wood Preservers Inst., Fairfax, VA
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George Parris: Was the ash matrix analyzed?
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George Parris: For the scaling computations is it realistic to assume that the arsenic from CCA is spread over the top 1 inch of soil?
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George Parris: Creosote is a potentially viable alternative chemical for marine applications.
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George Parris: Disposal of CCA-treated wood with municipal solid waste (MSW) should be investigated.
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George Parris: How much does it cost to sort wood out from the C&D waste stream?
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George Parris: Incorporating C&D wood waste within MSW incinerators will only increase the metals concentrations by a factor of 25.
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George Parris: Were the samples collected near posts?
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George Parris: What was the particle size of the CCA-treated wood placed in the columns.

Response: All the waste was ground to 1 inch in size.

George Parris: Please discuss the dynamics of what was happening inside the columns.

Response: Sulpher may impact the mobility of the metals; however, it is also important to note that arsenic followed a similar curve as chloride, which is a conservative tracer.

George Parris: Please list all the parameters that were analyzed in the column studies.
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George Parris: What was the rate of water flow through the column?

Response: 500 ml/day.

As with this cited information and work done in the field by Dr. George E. Parris, of the American Wood Preserver's Institute, the facts continue to demonstrate that the perceived threat of risk to our children is unfounded.This is especially important when comparisons are made to other factors.Parris has written extensively about the matter and in his study put forth several points of the "signs of arsenic poisoning" worth weighing.

George E. Parris, director of environmental and regulatory affairs of the American Wood Preservers Institute, is an articulate man, but his trade association representing business that puts some 90% of the industrial arsenic in the U.S. into the environment, generally via the treated wood used to make fences and play equipment.By putting Parris and his association out front, those who argue for holding back on regulating arsenic seem to be pleading for special treatment - not arguing for reasonable standards that benefit Americans without causing undue harm to water systems.

GEORGE PARRIS, American Wood Preservers Institute.At the risk of being the most unpopular person here by dragging this thing out, I think it is worth pointing out, or at least my opinion -- I am not necessarily speaking for my Institute at this point -- I think this panel is very interesting.

You make the assumption that this is all driven by public health.I think public health has very little to do with many EPA policies at this point.

I believe their entire policies regarding the risk assessment policy, at least how they implement the risk assessment policy and particularly dioxin has to do a lot more with some social agendas tied to some political agendas that have very little interest in public health.
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MR. PARRIS: Absolutely.

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MR. PARRIS: I will follow up with one question.Exactly your point, I would agree with it entirely.What is happening is that frequently we are being forced into making the wrong decision because we make the wrong assumption about public health.

One of my hot buttons -- because I have a whole lot to do with this directly -- the recycling issue.I would argue that if something is not economical to recycle it is probably not environmentally sound to recycle it.

George E. Parris, Ph.D.

Director of Environmental and Regulatory Affairs

American Wood Preservers Institute

George E. ParrisDirector of Environmental and Regulatory Affairs2750 Prosperity AvenueSuite 550Fairfax, VA 22031-4312Phone: (703) 204-0500Fax: (703) 204-4610

Fri, 5 Mar 1999 -- Looking for Parris and Paris settlers in 1780-1830.George E. Parris
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Sunday, May 30, 1999 -- REVIS, George (b. ca 1750 m/Sarah Pearson) is on 1800 Buncombe County Census.
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Find his wife name "Sarah Revis" in her father's estate records 1806, Burke Co., her other sisters were named thru their husbands ie Anthony SREET and wife, Arthur SHOAT(Coate) and wife; which gives me cause to believe that George bca1750 must have died ca 1800-1806 (not ca1825 as had been thought; otherwise, she would have been named thru husband George REVIS and wife)!