A solution of common salt, for instance, serves to preserve meat and fish, while it accelerates the decay of woocJ It was said that coal tar is the same as wood tar, and fur nishes creosote ...

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.

Journal of the New York Entomological Society Vol. 17, No. 2, Jun., 1909 On the Use of Coal Tar Creosote as a Pre... On the Use of Coal Tar Creosote as a Preventative of Cabinet Pests This is the ...