Seattle Puget Sound Clean Up Crew In Action

Great pictures, good to know there is clean up happening.  Kristine

Judi,

Our first encounter with creosote was on a piece of property we were selling in Beverly Hills.  Because part of it had railroad track for the defunct tram system, we learned that the wooden parts of the tracks had creosote in them, which necessitate soil cleanup.  It is amazing how people used chemicals without thinking of the long term effects on nature.  Good for Seattle for cleaning it up.  Have a great week. A

Good afternoon, Judi. After years of dumping toxic wastes into our oceans and environment, man is finally starting to realize that we need to clean up our act or we too will go the way of the dinosaur...

Wow, this is something that I would never have thought of, but now that you've blogged about it, I can see the issue. I bet there's millions of tons of those all over the continent. I'm glad to see that work is being done to remedy this.

Judi!~~ WOW

Now I learned something new today...thank you SO much for this post and photo!

Hi Judi -

Great pics and a very educational post.  Glad to know the waters are being cleaned up!  Outstanding.

Best regards from The Q

Judi, good to know that Seattle is being pro-active about removing these creosote contaminated pilings... now if we can get the rest of the World to start caring.

Judi-That sounds like a really worthwhile project. I know creosote is good at maintaining wood, but that is at some cost to everything to which it comes into contact.

I never thought about that fact...  I see the pilings and the stuff on 'em...  But never thought about it in the water!

I really appreciate this post and the great information about the clean up efforts. Again, Seattle leads the way in environmentally responsible activities. Glad to hear there's a replacement for creosote. It's nasty stuff.