is Creosote banned?

Conventionally Red Diesel. It's often cut 50:50 for less critical above ground uses. I recently had a fresh drum and wondered why my spray kept blocking up. When I poured it though a fine sieve it turned out to have masses of sawdust in it ! (My spray is the sort you see road crews sealing the edges of fresh tarmac with, with tar emulsion. Similar to a garden spray but built like a tank)

Andrew

If, instead, you want to thicken it up (say, for a robust final coat), try used engine oil (the sludgier the better). [Probably U rules,]

In message , Ian Jackson writes

Or even "Probably against EU rules"!

Yes the second last container I got was full of lumps. The bottom 2 inched of the 25l drum was full if it. Annoying given the price of the stuff

They made it illegal because it causes cancer, not to upset europhobes.

Really? How does evaporating make it suck the sides in?

G&T?

Not common sense? Both cause cancer.

Both are problems that can kill people.

The EU *and* common sense both cause cancer?

So is remaining in te EU.

Sigh.

Don't know. But the cap is on firmly and the sides have shrunken in so I assume the molecules of the solvents are managing to leach through the container somehow, without allowing air to move the other way.

Being alive is the most significant cause of death.

far more people die from taking statins, plus the multitude of additional pills to deal with the 'side effects'.

Far more people die from the sun than because of creosote.

Coal tar is no longer used in soap and other things that people can bring into contact with their skin.

Banning creosote is a classic EU-inspired over-reaction, just like banning Vapona strips.

If farmers and BT can still use it, the latter on poles that people can touch, it cannot be that dangerous.

Meanwhile there are 10 million diesel cars on Britains roads ...

I've got one I've had for about 25 years, and it's done exactly the same thing.

Same here with the 1/2 gallon I'm saving for a really special occasion.

Aye, got to make it count :-)

remember to mangle and hide your identity because out there is a zealous council elf 'an safety manager determined to enforce the illegality of storing it at home.

PU (aka gorilla) glue does similar, I know it goes off by reaction with moisture, so when I put it away I squeeze it until there's no airspace in the top of the bottle, but after a few months sitting in the garage, it is sucked in much further than I squeezed it ...

How many of the 180,000 deaths from heart disease each year would have not done so if they were on statins?

Now, probably, in the past?

Are you saying polytar shampoo (for example) isn't coal tar based?

An over reaction to what? You do understand the problems?

Yes some of which should be removed. However that's up to the UK government as the EU can't actually pass a law that will remove them unlike what brexshiteers keep claiming.

I believe 'tis said that in areas where there is at least some degree of air pollution, some modern diesels are so clean that the exhaust is actually less polluting than the air going in.

OPs are a problem, but the inability get OPs is also a serious problem. The law on that has not proven very sensible so far.

it's not. It's an issue people need to be aware of if using it, but banning its use seems OTT to me, and again counterproductive.

Diesels are being scapegoated. Most particulate pollution comes from tyres kicking up material on the road and shedding rubber.

NT