The latest legislation comes into play this year regarding creosote use. The sale of creosote-treated fencing products for agricultural or equine purposes will be deemed illegal. Creosote, derived ...

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 — ...

As long as dependency on toxic wood preservatives (used on utility poles and railroad ties) continues—pentachlorophenol (penta), copper chromated arsenate, and creosote—the contamination at treatment ...

(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 ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Some Northwest Springfield residents are concerned for their health due to contamination left behind by a former wood treatment site in the area. “I’m very, very worried for my ...

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, ...

The Selected Remedy The selected remedy for OU1 at Brunswick Wood Preserving utilizes a containment strategy to encapsulate contaminants remaining on site. Remedy components include the construction ...

The 4,400 past and present Avoca-area residents involved in environmental contamination litigation over the defunct Kerr-McGee Corp. creosote wood-treatment plant were entitled to $949 million but ...

The French Island Generating Plant has a permit to burn creosote-treated railroad ties but is not permitted to burn two other kinds of widely used preserved woods. But can those wood treatment ...

STEPHENTOWN — The use of creosote-treated wood for bridges and most other structures has been banned in New York for more than a decade. But this summer, Rensselaer County learned that the hard way.