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In the European Union, wood preservative creosote, a mixture of substances obtained from the distillation of coal tar, has been banned from sale to consumers because of carcinogenic concerns.

CREOSOTE is a fractionated chemical mixture obtained by the commercial distillation of gas or wood tars. The tar fractions distill over at various temperatures. Considering the upper limits of ...