A potted creosote plant she brought back from Arizona brings the smell of the desert into her New York apartment. My family moved to Tucson from Colorado when I was in high school, and it was the ...

Hand-picked creosote bundles dry in a basket at Sonoran Rosie’s workshop on Friday, July 1. Also known as chaparral, these bundles will release the smell of monsoon once activated by a shower’s steam.

A handful of genes arm the woodrat against the toxic chemicals in its foodstuff, the creosote plant, according to research. It's long been a mystery exactly how the woodrat developed the ability to ...

PORTLAND, Ore. – A creosote plant at the center of odor complaints in the Columbia River Gorge has agreed to settle a $20 million lawsuit for $1.25 million. AmeriTies agreed to pay $1.25 million to ...

Creosote bushes might be dubbed the “lords of longevity” among Sonoran Desert plants — with creosote clones from a single root system living 5,000 years and possibly much longer, according to ...

Thousands of people injured by toxic waste at a now-shuttered creosote plant in Avoca are seeking to reactivate their cases, alleging Kerr-McGee Corp.’s fraudulent actions left them collecting a ...

Q: I purchased a home last year that has 35-year-old used railroad ties that have been painted white on some sides and used for raised planter beds. I have heard that treated wood could leach toxins ...

EDITOR'S NOTE — Did you know that one of the oldest living organisms on Earth is a plant that lives right here in Arizona? This week we step back from the world of fauna and focus on this amazing ...

The site of the former Colonial Creosote wood preserving operation, outlined in red on the map, was added to the national Superfund list on Monday (Sept. 28), making it eligible for an environmental ...

AVOCA – Avoca residents who sued Kerr-McGee Corporation alleging that their health suffered because of toxins from the company’s creosote plant are now suing attorneys who aided their original case.

For more than 30 years, a creosote plant operated in north Bossier City. A neighborhood was built around it, and people started getting sick. A class-action lawsuit was eventually settled for $30 ...