Millions View “The Doctors” TV Show Exposing Toxic Coal Tar Driveways
Click on image to go to the Doctor’s website for more info. Yesterday millions of Americans tuned into CBS’ syndicated TV show, The Doctors, to see a segment on the dangers of coal tar pavement sealants. It is the largest television audience ever to hear about this. They discussed the findings of the Baylor University/USGS study […]
There’s A Time to Speak and A Time to be Silent
Springfield, Missouri continues to struggle to find a way forward from the current coal tar sealant debate. I am all for an open debate as long as the participants attempt to be informed and speak without bias. But if some haven’t really read the reports and attempt to speak as an expert, then please hold […]
The Dark Side of a Komen Cancer Walk
Someone has said once you learn about the problems of coal tar sealant that you will never cross a paved surface in the same way again. First the quick assessment: concrete or asphalt. Then you look for signs of sealant: a brushed-on boarder, the pungent smell similar to a telephone pole, and wear in the […]
Revealing the Breast Cancer to Coal Tar Connection
Even after 200 posts and 3 years writing on Coal Tar Free America, this is the first article I have written dedicated to the connection between coal tar’s big toxic ingredient, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and breast cancer. And whose family and friends haven’t been affected by breast cancer? If people only knew that a […]
The Irony of Health Care Facilities with Coal Tar Parking Lots
From the Springfield News Leader: Chiles back to put spotlight on coal tar sealant Written by Thomas Gounley Sep. 1, 2013 Since being diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2009, Dan Chiles has visited CoxHealth facilities numerous times for appointments with radiologists, urologists and other specialists. Today, things are under control, but he still has occasional […]
Does Your Community Care About Clean Water?
That’s a fair question. Ask your community leaders what they know about coal tar sealant pollution and then ask them what they are willing to do about it. Many choose to wait for a federal mandate, but some are willing to push the national agenda from the bottom up. Waiting is merely denying reality and […]
Cleveland TV Asks “Is Your Driveway Making You Sick?”
Toxic Driveways & The Test You Can Do At Home
This video shows some creativity in communicating the problem of coal tar sealant pollution and is based upon the recent USA TODAY article.
USA TODAY: America Near Tipping Point on Coal Tar Sealant Use?
USA TODAY, the nation’s second highest daily circulation newspaper, informed more people about coal tar sealant pollution with its current edition than any newspaper to date. Its publication on Father’s Day was perhaps an ironic nod to the many fathers who have faithfully sealed their own driveways unknowingly with toxic coal tar sealers, myself included. […]
Chicago Department of Public Health, Physicians Back Coal Tar Sealant Action in Nation’s Third Largest City
Since last week, two influential medical groups wrote letters urging action be taken on the use of coal tar sealants in Chicago. Last Friday, Dr. Cortland Lohff, Medical Director for Environment Health at the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH), delivered a letter supporting some kind of reduction in the use of this toxic product […]