coal-tar creosote

noun

impure phenol or carbolic acid, distinct from the creosote of wood tar.

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Kerr–McGee was blamed for using cancer-causing coal-tar creosote for wood preservation, and for contamination of soil and groundwater with ammonium perchlorate, a component of jet and rocket fuel.