On May 20, 2:46*pm, Red wrote:
On May 19, 11:14*pm, Harry K wrote:



The "Oh my God, Creosote!!, panic, run" is/was nothing but a political
movement. * Yes, you could have health problems if you chewed up and
ate enough of the treated wood but short of that, no. *Same with the
dreaded "leaching".

The EPA Restricted Use Pesticides listing lists creosote as having
oncogenic effects (capable of producing tumors) and mutagenic effects
(capable of mutating DNA & causing cancer). *A political movement? *Do
I take your word it's safe or the EPA's word that it isn't safe?

As I said. It was a political movement run by the ecofreaks and
mommies who thought their little darlings were in danger on the
playground. That battle raged for years before the EPA caved in even
though noone ever came up with a case were it caused a problem.

One of the problems was the ?arsenic? content (may have been one of
the other highly dangerous poisons) in spite of the fact that many
regions have that chemical as a natural portion (very slight) of the
drinking water.

The truth is that almost _everything_ is carcinogenic given a large
enough doseage. Even water is fatal if overdosed.

Harry K