RE: [CH] creosote in the garden
Pieters, Rob (Rob.Pieters@netherlands.honeywell.com)
Tue, 23 Nov 1999 10:39:43 -0000
> Some time back there was a discussion of the ill effects of using
> creosoted
> wood as garden edging. A few folks sounded knowledgeable on the topic.
> Would
> the people involved in that discussion (and any others with 2 cents who
> are
> familiar with the problems of using this) contact me off list, please. I
> have a question about this. Thanks. Deb in Houston
>
Deb,
Here in the Netherlands just last week in the newspapers an official
mandatory from our government that by a new law from now one its forbidden
for holt resellers and/or traders in the wood business to sell creosoted
wood for any purpose where the wood will be in contact with soil.
Also from now on it will be forbidden for gardencenters to sell old
sleepers for use in your garden too, only the railway may keep on using
them.
Rob