The US Dollar Index (DXY) measures the value of the Dollar against a basket of currencies on a trade-weighted basis. The index started in March 1973 with a base value of 100. Since then, it has made a high of 164.72 in February 1985, and a low of 70.69 in March 2008.
Coal tar, which is distilled from coal, has been used in dandruff shampoo for decades. But it is now banned in all consumer goods in Europe because of health concerns. California, using its tough anti-toxics law, would be the first state in the country to restrict use of the substance.
AP. WASHINGTON, Aug. 15â The Environmental Protection Agency today proposed to ban creosote in almost every use except as a wood preservative, because of the cancer risk it is believed to pose.reosote and related products covered by the proposed ban-coal tar and coal tar neutral oil-are used as herbicides in gardens and on highway rights of way, to control fungus on canvas and rope and as insecticides to control gypsy moths, screwworms and mosquitoes.