Can I still buy creosote?
However, the product is still available for sale to trades-people. This means the traditional user such as the agricultural community, builders, etc. are still able to purchase Coal Tar Creosote, providing they do not resell to the general householder.
Is creosote still made?
Creosote also has been made from pre-coal formations such as lignite, yielding lignite-tar creosote, and peat, yielding peat-tar creosote….Coal-tar creosote.
| Sulfur-containing heterocycles Benzothiophenes | 1.0–3.0% |
| Oxygen-containing heterocycles Dibenzofurans | 1.0–3.0% |
Why did they ban creosote?
The Environmental Protection Agency today proposed to ban creosote in almost every use except as a wood preservative, because of the cancer risk it is believed to pose.
When did they ban creosote?
Consumer use of creosote has been banned since 2003. The Commission’s new decision amends the Biocides Directive and stems from a risk assessment of the effects of creosote on human health and the environment.
What is the best alternative to creosote?
Our approved creosote substitute ‘WOCO Creocote’ is a spirit oil-based, effective treatment for exterior wood. It has been developed as a safer (for the user) alternative to original creosote. It is still designed to be used to protect wood against rotting fungi and wood destroying insects on external timbers.
What’s the difference between creosote and Creocote?
Creocote is an oil-based, effective treatment for exterior wood developed as a safer, more environmentally friendly alternative to Creosote. It can be used to protect wood against rotting fungi and wood destroying insects on external timbers.
What has replaced creosote?
What’s the difference between creosote and creocote?
What is in modern creosote?
Creosote is made from coal-tar oil; as such it’s a hydrocarbon, one of the lower risk classes of chemicals you can find out there.
Is there an alternative to creosote?
Is Creocote safer than creosote?
How safe is Creocote?
Harmful: danger of serious damage to health by prolonged exposure through inhalation. Vapour may irritate respiratory system or lungs. Ingestion Harmful if swallowed. Aspiration hazard if swallowed; harmful if liquid is aspirated into the lungs, may even prove fatal.