Q: I purchased a home last year that has 35-year-old used railroad ties that have been painted white on some sides and used for raised planter beds. I have heard that treated wood could leach toxins ...
(Beyond Pesticides, March 7, 2023) An old Kerr-McGee Wood Treatment Facility is still causing health issues among residents in Springfield, Missouri. The former site of pressure-treated railroad tie ...
If you have a fire pit (or fireplace), you know it is a gathering spot for stories and warmth. The simple act of adding wood ...
More than 38,400 people from this area and other parts of the country have sought payment from a shrinking pot of money set aside for medical problems blamed on former Kerr-McGee Corp. sites, ...
MARROWSTONE ISLAND — A state Department of Natural Resources official estimates 130 tons of creosote-tainted wood debris was removed from the Fort Worden and Fort Flagler beaches last week. “It was a ...
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Houston's plan to relocate people living near a contaminated Union Pacific rail yard in Fifth Ward is a first for the city, but federal authorities have made similar moves across the country — ...
Creosote is a highly effective wood treatment product that has been used for hundreds of years. However, negative effects on the environment and human health have led to its limited use over the past ...
The site of the former Colonial Creosote wood preserving operation, outlined in red on the map, was added to the national Superfund list on Monday (Sept. 28), making it eligible for an environmental ...
(Beyond Pesticides, December 2, 2021) Thousands of residents in Houston, Texas are suing Union Pacific Railroad Company for contaminating their properties with highly hazardous creosote wood ...
CAMANO ISLAND — The log being hoisted into the air was a 1,500-pounder. A “big boy,” the pilot radioed. Dangling from a long rope, it swayed as the helicopter plucked it from the salt marsh along ...