Many thanks for all your replies to my posting, both on the list and privately.
I am so glad that my creosote sniffing is not the only weird thing that people in this field get up to!
The main point about the posting was to highlight the mix up being made by the water utilities with respect to assessments for workforce exposure and assessments for pipe exposure.
I also wanted to highlight the inappropriate use of the jointed pipe systems on contaminated sites.
With respect to the creosote and if it was a substitute or not, for course I bought a barrel. I used about a tea cup full on my fence post tops. I now have about 4.9 gallons left. This was probably the most stupid waste of £30 I have ever made but it does smell very nice (strong phenol smell). I will get the stuff tested.
Julian Puzyna
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