"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
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In article ,
Walt Davidson writes:
| On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 10:39:31 +0100, "GwG" wrote:
|
| in fact, I have never even considered that there
| could be a problem, but to suggest jailing me for not being
aware,
| without even offering any education on the subject, seems a bit
extreme.
|
| Ignorance of the law is no defence. It is an offence to pollute
the
| atmosphere ... full stop.

No, it isn't. If it were, using a motor vehicle would be a crime.
And spraying a fence is not an offence.

| One of the wood preservative agents mentioned in an earlier
posting
| contains a particularly toxic cocktail of pollutants.

If you mean creosote then, yes, it does. But they are not
particularly
volatile, and the main danger is to the person applying it. It is
also grossly exaggerated by the scientifically ignorant.

Unless my memory is wrong, creosote is no longer a component of the
wood preservatives on the retail market.

Franz