Re: Creasole in railroad tyes

[Guest guest]

Ok, so I thought about my garden for this summer. Do I need to get rid of the railroad ties that are filled with creasole? Don't even know if this is how you spell it

Trisha Montez

[Guest guest]

I just realized that before we had all these railroad ties for landscaping.

Since my son showed high arsenic I wonder now if this could be one source. I know of other sources that I have already thought of like the pesticides.

There is a lot of spraying for mosquitoes where i live , in fact they went right over our place one year. In the road and on cars were dying insects.

I thought I read something on the list saying Arsenic comes out naturally over time. Is this true?

kelly

[Guest guest]

> Ok, so I thought about my garden for this summer. Do I need to get

rid of the

> railroad ties that are filled with creasole? Don't even know if this

is how

> you spell it

> Trisha Montez

Trisha,

Railroad ties are preserved with creosote, which is a mixture of

polyaromatic phenols. Some also have copper and arsenic in the

mixture. I know a lot of people use railroad ties as a border for

their flowerbeds and gardens, but I would be worried about the

potential carcinogens in the wood preservative.

Just my two cents' worth,

Jim Laidler

[Guest guest]

I live in the midwest, well southwest Missouri actually. Oh yes, we have plenty of rocks and orange/red clay. Nasty stuff! I think I will just build up the area (5 acres to work with) and go without the whole border idea. I was going to put up a picket fence to hide those old ugly toxic railroad ties anyway. Thank you for the answer.

[Guest guest]

Check and see if the ties are green-treated lumber! That is full of arsenic. I don't know about the creosote.

Barb

Re: [ ] Creasole in railroad tyesOk, so I thought about my garden for this summer. Do I need to get rid of the railroad ties that are filled with creasole? Don't even know if this is how you spell it Trisha Montez =======================================================

[Guest guest]

Ok, so I thought about my garden for this summer. Do I need to get rid

of the

railroad ties that are filled with creasole? Don't even know if this is

how

you spell it Trisha Montez

Are you sure they are creasote?? Creasote is very toxic and

responsible for a lot of superfund sites and health problems, but may

not be as bad as pentachloraphenyl and CCA(copper-chromium-arsenic)

which are also used for treated wood. In Pensacola there are extreme

health problems from a Creosote site, and in Tampa there are major

problems in the News from CCA used in kids play grounds.

So yes, I'd definately not grow things to eat near very toxic substances

that surely leach.

if you can't find options, sealing them helps some, but I'd try

to make do without them, are rocks readily available there?

Bernie