Creosote Removal

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Creosote is a hydrocarbon used as a preservative for wood structures in marine waters. Creosote materials in the nearshore leach creosote and breakdown products into surround sediments and water column, with some toxic effects on organisms. Some have proposed that hydrocarbons released by creosote logs and floating on the surface have a disproportionate effect on zooplankton using the surface microlayer (need citation). A variety of state and federally subsidized creosote removal efforts have been reducing creosote concentrations at selected beaches and embayments.

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