The study was referred to the Scientific Committee on Toxicity, Ecotoxicity and the Environment (CSTEE) for peer review(6) and the CSTEE concluded that the study was well designed and that there is scientific evidence to support the opinion and there is a cancer risk to consumers from creosote with a benzo-a-pyrene (BaP) content of less than 0,005 % by mass and/or from wood containing such creosote, and that the magnitude of the risk gives clear reasons for concern.
Raziskava je bila poslana v strokovno presojo Znanstvenemu odboru za strupenost, strupenost za ekosisteme in okolje (CSTEE) [6] in CSTEE je ugotovil, da je bila raziskava dobro zasnovana in da so podani znanstveni dokazi v podporo mnenju, da obstaja tveganje za nastanek raka pri potrošnikih zaradi izpostavljenosti kreozotu z vsebnostjo benzo-a-pirena (BaP), manjšo od 0,005 masnih %, in/ali lesu, ki tak kreozot vsebuje, ter da obseg tveganja predstavlja očiten razlog za zaskrbljenost.