Billy wrote:
In article ,
"David Hare-Scott" wrote:

Potential creosote issue. A human carcinogen. Get an on site
opinion.

Agreed, you need some real data not a guess.
And you, David, need a basis for your presumption that Bill was
making a guess.


I did no such thing.

The thing is, David, as a relative newbie to this group, you may be
unaware that this subject has been done, over and over again, in the
past and it always boils down to "its' a bad idea" to use railroad
ties, telephone posts, or pressure treated lumber in conjunction with
edible gardens.

http://herbgardens.about.com/od/gard...HerbSafety.htm

or you could look at a material safety data sheet (MSDS) from a
company that produces creosote (presumably they would want to put the
best face on it):
http://www.thompsonindustries.net/KM...osote_MSDS.pdf

In the future, David, you may want to ask for citations, if you are so
dull as to not be able to "google" it yourself, but you may want to
think twice before you accuse a poster of guessing.

I have no idea where all this hostility is from, I didn't accuse anybody of
anything. I agreed with Bill an on site opinion is worthwhile. I said to
the OP you need data. That there is creosote on the timber is an
assumption, one can get sleepers that have not been used in a railway or not
treated at all. Creosote may have been done to death before we don't know
there is creosote present yet. I don't need your lessons on how to google
thanks very much for the offer.

David