coal tar creosote

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coal tar creosote,

creosote obtained by high temperature carbonization of bituminous coal. It is a brown-to-black, oily liquid, a mixture of aromatic hydrocarbons, tar acids, and tar bases, mainly used as a wood preservative. It is toxic to humans and other animals by contact, ingestion, or inhalation, and coal tar is a human carcinogen. Animals may suffer skin irritation from recently treated wood or ulceration of the esophagus if they chew on it.

coal tar creosote

see creosote.

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