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Creosote is the catchall name for several substances, including wood creosote, coal tar, coal tar creosote, coal tar pitch and coal tar pitch volatiles. Its main use to humans is as a preservative treatment for wood; it is near-ubiquitous in outdoor telephone poles and railroad ties. However, coal tar products are also used in roofing, pavements, metal refining, and to treat psoriasis and head lice. Exposure to large amounts can cause chemical burns on the eyes, kidney and liver damage, even death; long-term exposure to small amounts is known to cause eye and respiratory damage, skin cancer and cancer of the scrotum. The International Agency for Research on Cancer has said that coal tar is carcinogenic and creosote is probably carcinogenic. Creosote is heavily regulated in the European Union.

Creosote: What is it and what is it used for?

Creosote is a general term used for a variety of products: coal tar , coal tar creosote , coal tar pitch , coal tar pitch volatiles , and wood creosote . Creosote is created by high temperature treatment of certain woods, coal, or from the resin of the creosote bush. About 300 chemicals have been identified in coal tar creosote , and there may be 10,000 other chemicals present in the mixture. read more

Creosote Exposure and Health Effects

Exposure to creosotes , coal tar , coal tar pitch, or coal tar pitch volatiles may result in minor to serious health effects . Taking herbal remedies containing creosote bush leaves may result in damage to the liver or kidney. Reports describing poisoning in workers exposed to coal tar creosote , or in people who accidentally or intentionally ate coal tar creosote , indicate that brief exposure to large amounts of coal tar creosote may result in a rash or severe irritation of the skin, chemical burns of the surfaces of the eye, convulsions and mental confusion, kidney or liver problems, unconsciousness, or even death. read more

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Creosote Jury Verdicts

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______ $26,000 - Insurer Pursues Mobile Home Manufacture for Fire Losses

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Creosote News Articles

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Creosote Newsfeeds

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Creosote Useful Web Sites

James F. Humphreys, LC, Creosote

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