Creosote describes a number of products such as wood creosote, coal tar creosote, coal tar pitch and coal tar pitch volatiles that are mixtures of many chemicals such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), phenol and cresols created by high temperature treatment of beech, coal or resins of the Creosote bush. The use of creosote by amateurs and unprofessional organizations has been banned by both the American government and the European Union due to the detrimental health effects of this substance. It is therefore a pollutant of the environment and cause for environmental litigation. 3TM International is an organization that is renowned for its environmental-driven litigation support and forensic science research and is made up of creosote experts that have found and worked on litigations involving creosote. The organization supports clients such as industrial and commercial property owners, attorneys and real estate developers.

3TM International worked on its first litigation project in the field of environmental forensics in 1995 and has since been a trusted partner in matters concerning environmental driven litigation. Both plaintiffs and defendants have found justice with 3TM International and have been 100% satisfied with the quality of services delivered by this dynamic organization. Some of the projects have involved simple collection and testing of environmental samples while others included multi-year field efforts to collect a wide array of data, test it at forensic analytical laboratories, fingerprint it and issue expert reports on behalf of the client. As creosote experts, 3TM International has worked on a number of interesting projects around America that include creosote sites in Mississippi, Florida, Texas, Louisiana and West Virginia as well as multiple creosote sites.

These creosote experts have extensive expertise in conducting multiple field campaigns in order to provide site characterization and forensic identification of widespread releases of creosote chemicals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and dioxins. Environmental samples included surface soil, subsurface soil, sediment, airborne dust, indoor household dust, surface water and ground water and yielded evidence of creosote contamination that was linked to a local industrial operation. Linking of the contamination is done using contaminant fingerprinting that can be used to detect historical contamination levels of operations that were in place decades earlier. 3TM International was also retained as creosote experts to review available information in the public domain on the nature and extent of any contamination at 10 creosote sites through out the United States.

Apart from being retained as creosote experts, 3TM International also has experience with a wide variety of other litigation-driven environmental projects. These include benzene, volatile and semi-volatile hydrocarbons, chlorinated hydrocarbons, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls, dioxins and furans, Agent Orange, toxic metal and metalloids, carbon black and sulfur compounds, toxic mold and biological agents and radionuclides. When you retain the services of 3TM International you will also receive a variety of specialty consulting services to support your litigation efforts. These include technical support, project and technical management, baseline data acquisition, records search and review, collection of multi-media environmental data, coordination of initial health effects screening, laboratory analytical testing, data validation, forensic chemical identification, fate and transport of contamination, damage assessment and environmental restoration and much more. For detailed outlines on the excellent support services offered by 3TM International, visit www.3tmconsulting.com. Make 3TM International your trusted partner in all environmental-driven litigation and forensic science research; this goal oriented organization will get you the results you need to support your litigation efforts!