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Old Wooden Pilings Can Poison Fish
- "...the Pacific herring, is a critical species to local ecosystems — scientists describe it as a “linchpin” and a “keystone” because it feeds so many other animals. But the population is threatened by the bay’s decaying wood pilings, which are treated with creosote, a distillation of coal tar used as a wood preservative and pesticide." - excerpt from article in the San Francisco Chronicle.
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