Here's a hyperlinked, summary #infographic to further honor the groundbreaking work of the @USGS
— Coal Tar Free USA (@CTFreeAmerica) July 20, 2023
This represents major findings, but more than 40 institutions have determined the same thing: high PAH products are unsafe to humans and the environment.https://t.co/9cWByoII8j pic.twitter.com/jE0krFvr5S
Advocating for the Elimination of Toxic Coal Tar Sealers from Our Parking Lots, Homes and Environment
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New Research Highlights Problems with Biocides in Some Sealcoats
Going to print this month is research out of Dickinson College (PA) about the potential leaching of biocides out of some asphalt-based pavement sealers. The
Toxic Sealers: An Origin and Redemption Story
Imagine for a moment that you woke up to a scathing, critical expose in the local paper about your work. Like the entire front page,
Summary of Fed’s First Study of Applicator Exposure to Coal Tar Sealers
This month the National Institutes of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) released its much anticipated exposure study (See Link) for sealcoat applicators. NIOSH is part
GOVERNOR HOCHUL SIGNS PACKAGE OF BILLS PROHIBITING USE OF PAVEMENT PRODUCTS CONTAINING COAL TAR
For Immediate Release: 11/8/2021 GOVERNOR HOCHUL SIGNS PACKAGE OF BILLS PROHIBITING USE OF ‘GRADE 6’ FUEL OIL AND USE OF PAVEMENT PRODUCTS CONTAINING COAL TAR Legislation
Dear NY Governor: It is Time to Lead on Coal Tar Sealers
Governor Hochul, Thank you for last week’s allocation of $59 million dollars for the Clean Green School Initiative to improve air quality of schools for
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This was just too good to leave on Twitter alone.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-danger-of-putting-corporations-before-the-epa/2017/04/20/17129590-252f-11e7-928e-3624539060e8_story.html?utm_term=.f66df34a3bb2#comments
It's time for our annual survey of the retail prices for coal tar and asphalt based sealers. Here's the heart of what we know: 1. The average of 14 different retail asphalt sealers is unchanged since last
Across this site you can read about the effects of toxic coal tar sealers on people, the environment and economy. But rarely do we have a visual of this impact.So check out this image I
from the Illinois Sierra Club:Amendment 2 will allow local control to non-home rule municipalities and counties to regulate the use of carcinogenic coal tar pavement sealants. [The only home rule county in Illinois is Cook,
The State of Maine is taking another run at a coal tar sealer ban (LD1235). The first was in 2013 and then in 2015. There have been several stories on this site covering those efforts