Timber treatment

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In forestry, Timber Treatment relates to intensive treatment of timber with chemical agents to increase its durability and ability to be used in an otherwise inappropriate situation like inground use. Unfortunately many of the timber treatments have proved to be extremely hazardous both to the workers and the environment; as a result many treatment centres have be forced to close and undertake massive environmental restoration. With many of the chemicals having a long period through which they are highly dangerous the legacy of the chemical cocktails can never be totally eliminated.