Around the Sound: Creosote stains the Sound

By Seth Preston, Communications Manager, Toxics Cleanup ProgramFor decades, creosote was used for coating wood pilings for docks and other structures built in and over Puget Sound waters.While many of those structures have deteriorated or fallen into disrepair, the chemicals from creosote-treated materials continue to leach into the Sound’s water and sediments and onto its beaches.Ecology removes