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<blockquote data-quote="guywhofishes" data-source="post: 56397" data-attributes="member: 337">I have railroad ties in our yard (previous owner). Just in flower beds though. Ring-shaped molecules call polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are the toxic/cancerous risk with creosote. These are the main family of chemicals that makes creosote toxic to the critters that break down wood - thus preserving the wood (duh).But plant/vegetable uptake of PAHs are minor. Dermal contact is your concern - if you have one. So you should worry a lot more about contacting the dirt and timbers than what the veggies deliver. p.s. if you don't want to eat PAHs then don't grill your food either. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />p.p.s. grama's mothballs are a familiar PAH - ishtagood article for nerdtrons here<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3146259/" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3146259/" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3146259/" target="_blank">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3146259/</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="guywhofishes, post: 56397, member: 337"] I have railroad ties in our yard (previous owner). Just in flower beds though. Ring-shaped molecules call polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are the toxic/cancerous risk with creosote. These are the main family of chemicals that makes creosote toxic to the critters that break down wood - thus preserving the wood (duh). But plant/vegetable uptake of PAHs are minor. Dermal contact is your concern - if you have one. So you should worry a lot more about contacting the dirt and timbers than what the veggies deliver. p.s. if you don't want to eat PAHs then don't grill your food either. ;) p.p.s. grama's mothballs are a familiar PAH - ishta good article for nerdtrons here [URL="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3146259/"] [/URL][URL]http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3146259/[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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