RE: [GBlist] "Green" kitchen cabs

["Ralph Bicknese" <ralph.bicknese@christnerinc.com>]

Rush and all;

The wheat board product I have used (and am very happy with) is called
EcoColors.  They make both a straw based particleboard and a sunflower husk
board. The price list I have lists 1/2" thick wheat board at $131.00 per
4'x8' sheet for small quantities.  The cost goes down to $118.00 per sheet
for 51-300 sheets.  The sunflower board is $214.00 per 3'x8' sheet for small
quantities.  Both boards are also offered in several other thicknesses.
Please check with the manufacturer for current pricing, options and the
environmental qualities and limitations of the product.

They also make other environmentally responsive wood panel products.

The manufacturer is:
Architectural Forest Products
San Francisco, CA
www.ecoforest.com

Cheers,
Ralph Bicknese

-----Original Message-----
From: Rush Dougherty [mailto:RushD45@earthlink.net]
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 12:37 PM
To: greenbuilding@crest.org
Subject: Re: [GBlist] "Green" kitchen cabs

did a little more research...

went to  http://www.isobord.com/corporate.html
and saw that
"Together the companies applied for and received a United States patent in
1996 for the process technology of making a straw based engineered board
with isocyanate"

then I did a Goggle search on "Isocyanate", and came up with
http://www.epa.gov/ttn/uatw/hlthef/methylis.html
that says, among other statements, that
"No information is available on the assessment of personal exposure to
methyl isocyanate"
and that
"In 1984, in Bhopal, India, a Union Carbide gas leak of methyl isocyanate
resulted in the deaths of 2,000 people and adverse health effects in greater
than 170,000 survivors. Pulmonary edema was the cause of death in most
cases, with many deaths resulting from secondary respiratory infections such
as bronchitis and bronchial pneumonia"
and that
"EPA's Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, for a hazard ranking
under Section 112(g) of the Clean Air Act Amendments, considers methyl
isocyanate to be a "high concern" pollutant based on severe acute toxicity"

so, really, how 'green' is it? or is it just using a 'source' that we feel
is 'green' and using blatently a binder/glue agent to hold it together?

Rush



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