Creosote Contaminants: Examples

Creosote Contaminants

In the Marsh Creek, located on St. Johns campus, was contaminated during 2004-2005. The creek was being cleaned thoroughly after someone initially noticed the yellowish creosote oil. A small amont of wildlife was destroyed due to the contaminants. http://vimeo.com/3576713

(February 26, 2004) The 29-acre site of Wood Treating Inc., a former creosote wood preservative plant in Picayune, Mississippi, is quietly under investigation by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to become the state’s next Superfund clean-up site for creosote contamination, according to the town’s newspaper, Picayune Item. http://www.beyondpesticides.org/news/daily_news_archive/2004/02_26_04.htm