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:_ _��Ll � _ <br /> �`�"u �`o c°r Creosote-Treated Wood . <br /> In The Aquatic Environment <br /> • , 'Coatimonlv LTeed Wood Pceeerv�tiver -- Uses �nd Altecnatives <br /> Creowte i�the�Ncky tawlf,lce eubat�nce moat of ue have ran on dock plllngs�nd telephone <br /> , pola, It b the nxut couunon of reveral substences used u e wood praetveHve,h�lping <br /> pold,fena po�b■nA doeke U��t longer by weMing off 1mecH mtd othet orgUnlsme, <br /> �reowte ir lnfured into wood using heat end pressure, <br /> rn�w��n�„gb. nn.p.rm►�nc o.Scolo Teconw�ends th�t bulldezl,homeowf►ers�nd <br /> anyone eoro3daing a co�utrucdon pro�eCt fn water�eek�lternstivsr to treetecl wooA early <br /> • fn the proyec,t�t�ng ptocell. BCology e16o w'ger utha'brselche�oE govemmen!ta <br /> conllnue fo awesa the vdue und impect6 of dterneHve�to truted wvoti. <br /> Woad Pre�arv�Nves Contribute to PolluHon • <br /> Wood prwervatives can e�uee envL�onmental pcoblame. Severd clean-up efforts�re <br /> undeeway 1n Waehlttgron whe'e crsosoM�nd other pre��rvadves h�ve tontemfneled.our <br /> � waEerr whet�pocv�r�ctirer were foAoweA�t wood p'eetment pinnte or wben�ptu9 <br /> oCcurred. Creolc r Irtated pillnge nbo ert belteved ta c�uee polludon problemc. in fect, <br /> the Warhington Depertmmt of fiehe*lee(WDPI prohlMb che uee of creowte pUing�in <br /> l,aklc W�ihtngMn,Summemi�h end Unfon tn Ktng County. WbP aleo prohibits the use��f <br /> wooA cre�kd wlthp�t�Chlorpphenol 1n theee laka• !n nddldon,the Departmenle ot <br /> � wfldllfe u►A 8lshetle►ue fn tt►e process oE propoeing modlffcetlon�oo the hydraullc code <br /> . i'ulet thllt would plohlblt uee of pentuchlorophenol�nd aeowte-tie�ted wood proAucte Itt <br /> frerhwaber IRlcer. <br /> �'[he creowte placed!n wood today b not neeeeae�1y ping to�tny there over the m�ny <br /> m�re thepo1e or will be fn plece. 6ocne wi.0 leek or"leech"ouc. Tn some ce�es ee <br /> uch u 1p percen�ntpo�e ot•plling's creoeote Ie�chee fnto the tiurroundlna wate��, Thlc <br /> can be A�l�il[kant�mount conddering thar�bout 80 ro 100�rllone of cxeowte may be in a <br /> lypicd pllii�6� <br /> How Toxic I� Crearote? <br /> Cr�vwte c�n bn vety tvxie tu aquadc Iife and even hwnan�who cume into dlreet cvnt�ct <br /> wift►It Creowte ir prlm�rlly made up of a mtxture of chemie�is c�lledpo1ycyClic nrotnaHc <br /> hydrocerbone(PAHa). Conevn ebout PAH�ie dut to thetr perstetence In the cnvironment. <br /> . Some PAHo ue lltted unoeg the moet tsrcUtogattc(c+u�cercau�ls�g)chemlcala known, <br /> A�creo�o�e lsnche�fnto the wRter PAHe enQ up In bottom�edlmente where they can build <br /> up. SeQlnnenb he�vily cont�mineted with inQuetrfal PAti waste�hsve been direcdy linked <br /> with en#nCreNe ixi 1lver tumorp in Reh. Shellfleh readlly sccumulate PAF�s from the <br /> • , mvlronment�nd�tore them at reldli��ely hi�h levele f�i thefr Ussuee. <br /> Aprti 1993 � <br /> • R•TC•o8•t22 �p��d on recyelcd paper <br />