Industry “No Risk” Claims Pure Fiction
On February 24th the Daily North Shore (Illinois) published an opinion piece by the coal tar industry trade group entitled, “Sealcoating Ban Lacks Research.” Too bad the paper doesn’t have a fiction section because that is where that opinion piece belongs. The industry, namely the Pavement Coatings Technology Council, makes a slough of false statements in […]
Top 5 Business Reasons to Stop the Use of Coal Tar Sealers
Do you want to provide REAL environmental benefits while FULLY considering the business impacts? This website often focuses on the human health and environmental reasons why a community or a business should end the use of coal tar sealers. But what about the business reasons for ending its use? I know you’re busy so here […]
A Glimpse at a Life Well Lived: Coal Tar Ban Advocate Dr. Dave Wilson
Dr. Dave Wilson, my most revered partner in the fight against #coaltar sealant. A glimpse at a life well lived: https://t.co/dM6bZJNqIL— Rebecca Esselman (@NatureIsWater) February 15, 2017 Why Dr. Wilson was so passionate about coal tar sealers. Van Buren Twnshp MI Presentation by Dr. Wilson regarding coal tar pavement sealers. His full obituary from Vanderbilt […]
“Precautionary Principle” No Longer Applies to Coal Tar Sealers
Once appropriate, the use is obsolete Back in 2003 the City of Austin was confronted with a perplexing, new hypothesis: high levels of stream contamination were coming from a common, unrecognized source – coal tar pavement sealers. The City did what good pollution investigators do. They did research. They talked to experts. They had conversations […]
Industry Tries to Heave Hail Mary to Trump Administration
Industry is seeking relief from the burden of facts about their products from the USGS. Herein lies the “hail Mary” for the coal tar industry: that somehow the Trump Administration will save an industry peddling a toxic product when the research of dozens of researchers, independent of the USGS, come to the same conclusion: it […]
Doctors, Lawyers & Coal Tar Relief: 2016 Year in Review
In the world of coal tar sealers, 2016 has been a fascinating year. New scientific research, sweeping federal legislation, bans, citizen and legal actions, and healthcare professional endorsements all moved coal tar pavement sealers further down the path of extinction. However, it wasn’t all success as statewide efforts often lacked populous support. If this site […]
The Sermon Begins on the Parking Lot
As we finish out this year, many will celebrate the Holiday Season with a trip to their local house of worship or that of a family member or friend. I can still remember those frosty, Midwestern trips as a boy to celebrate the midnight services on Christmas Eve. It is an exciting time as many […]
EPA Tells Coal Tar Companies to “Cease and Desist” in its “False and Misleading” Advertising
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has sent a letter to a coal tar sealer supplier and contractor regarding “False and Misleading Statements” in connection with promotional literature distributed to some residents of Pomfret, Connecticut. Last July the product, Pavement Dressing Conditioner or “PDC” was applied to a residential drive. The letter is the latest revelation […]
Web Buzzing About Doctors and Disney
BREAKING:American Medical Association just endorsed a policy to support the ban of coal tar pavement sealershttps://t.co/4BvajKL0rX pic.twitter.com/66RX147QeZ — Coal Tar Free USA (@CTFreeAmerica) November 16, 2016 Thanks AMA, @AmerMedicalAssn , for broadly supporting the ban of coal tar sealers, “a threat to human health and env” at ALL levels! pic.twitter.com/aYeeoxARih — Coal Tar Free USA […]
AMA, Legislators Urge Action on Coal Tar Pavement Sealcoat
Press Release Legislators: EPA Work on Toxic Paving Products Incomplete Influential AMA Urges the Ban of Coal Tar Pavement Sealcoat WASHINGTON D.C., November 21, 2016: In a major step toward getting coal tar sealants off American streets, four leaders in the House of Representatives urged Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy to continue the EPA’s efforts […]