One of the most important functions boron serves is to keep the world green. All plants - from fields of cotton to groves of Douglas fir - depend on trace amounts of boron to thrive. Although boron is essential for plants, and nutritionally important for humans, it also works to control insects and fungi that attack wood. Treating solid wood and engineered wood products with borates - from framing lumber and telephone poles to plastic wood composite decking and furniture - provides safe, affordable, long-lasting protection against wood-destroying pests. Borate-treated wood products include:

• Lumber and Plywood
• Oriented Strand Board
• Siding
• Engineered Wood
• Woodfiber-Plastic Composites
• Millwork, Windows and Doors
• Furniture
• Telephone Poles
• Railroad Ties
• Log Homes