Creosote Exposure & Side Effects Lawsuit

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In 1978, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) acknowledged that exposure to the popular wood preservative Creosote posed a carcinogenic danger to humans.

Since the EPA's notification, workers are still exposed to high concentrations of Creosote on a daily basis and may face serious health consequences.

If you or a loved one have been exposed to Creosote, you should contact us immediately. You may be entitled to compensation and we can help.

What is Creosote?

Creosote is the name that is used for a variety of products, including wood creosote, coal tar creosote, coal tar, coal tar pitch, and coal tar pitch volatiles. Coal derived creosote is what has raised the most concern in recent years.

Every year, 825 million pounds of creosote are used to in order to protect the wood from environmental breakdown and wood attacking pests. Creosote an be found on telephone poles, marine pilings, railroads ties, as well as other creosote treated wood in building fences, bridges, homes, and other places.

Who is at risk of exposure to Creosote?

Workers in the wood preserving industry involved in building fences, bridges, railroad tracks or installing telephone poles, as well as, workers in the asphalt, rubber, aluminum, iron, steel, tire, coke-producing industries are at serious risk of exposure to Creosote.

In addition, children may ingest creosote if they put their unwashed hands in their mouths after touching soil or wood contaminated with creosote. Creosote can enter the body through the lungs, stomach, intestines, and skin.

Creosote and Cancer

Exposure to creosote has been linked to causing cancer. Long-term exposure to all different forms of creosote has been specifically linked to cancer of the skin and scrotum.

Chimney sweeps are in particular danger of developing these types of cancer from long-term exposure to soot and coal tar creosotes.

In animal studies, it has been found that creosote also poses a danger during pregnancy.

Environmental Exposure: Creosote can pose a significant danger to soil and groundwater supplies, if mishandled. Once it enters the soil or groundwater, it begins to break down, which can take years. Entire cities and communities surrounding wood treatment plants have witnessed people becoming sick and even dying.

Symptoms of Creosote Health Problems

Exposure to creosote has been linked to a range of serious life-threatening side effects. The following is a list of symptoms to short-term creosote exposure:

• skin rashes
• chemical burns
• eye irritation
• convulsions
• kidney and liver problems
• unconsciousness
• death

The following is a list of symptoms to long-term creosote exposure:

• skin cancer
• cancer of the scrotum
• kidney and liver problems
• death

Do I have a Creosote Lawsuit?

The Toxic Tort Litigation Group at our law firm is an experienced team of trial lawyers that focus exclusively on the representation of plaintiffs in Creosote lawsuits. We are handling individual and group litigation nationwide and currently accepting new Creosote Exposure cases in all 50 states.

Attention Attorneys: We do not publish prior verdict/settlements. If you are an attorney and would like to refer us a case or for us to send you a profile of prior award judgments or average referral fees, please visit the attorney referral section of our website.

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Creosote News (National)

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