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THE problem of carrying out tests in the laboratory to give a rapid indication of the probable effectiveness of any material as a wood preservative is one which has arisen on many occasions in different countries and a number of different methods have been evolved. Unfortunately the results obtained have frequently been in no way comparable and efforts are being made to standardise the different methods. Following a conference of American workers, early this year at St. Louis, on the standardisation of laboratory methods for the measurement of the toxicity of wood-preserving materials, the wish was expressed that the European investigators should gather together at a similar congress to discuss the conclusions which had been reached at the American meeting, and to describe the methods up till now used in Europe, which differ considerably from those used in America.
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The Testing of Wood Preservatives. Nature 126, 921–922 (1930). https://doi.org/10.1038/126921a0
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