Livestream of San Antonio City Council Discussion of Ban: June 30, 2016 at 9am CST
We are bringing our readers our first livestream event of what may become the nation’s largest city to ban toxic coal tar sealers. Please leave comments below during the feed. If you look at this after the broadcast, then for a time, you will just see what is streaming from the City of San Antonio’s […]
Preemption Perspective on President’s Signing of New Chemical Safety Bill
On June 22, 2016 President Obama signed into law the new Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). What will that mean for local units of government and the nation as a whole? A little #Presidential humor during signing of new toxics reform bill into law. @POTUS More on State and local authority in the new TSCA […]
Ann Arbor Tackles “No Brainer” Coal Tar Sealer Problem
Largest Community in US to Take on High PAH Sealers Too Ann Arbor, Michigan, well-known as the location of University of Michigan, passed a ban of coal tar pavement sealers tonight along with high PAH sealers. Over a year in the making, the City held their ground against industry lobbying and attempts to discredit scientific […]
Coal Tar Sealers are a Net Financial Burden to any Community Including San Antonio
The San Antonio Express News recently ran an editorial by a local coal tar sealant contractor. The claims about science have already been addressed, but a more thorough review of the economics may be helpful. For you busy people, here’s the bottom line: The industry’s economic analysis contains false cost assumptions, false warranty assumptions, exaggerated […]
San Antonio Coal Tar Ban Opponent Tries to Put Lipstick on the Pig
The following are comments we made to an opinion letter in the San Antonio Expresss News by a local coal tar sealer representative. Since we were only allowed a certain number of words, here is our condensed response. Industry representatives like this around the US attempt to dodge the unavoidable facts: coal tar sealers are […]
TSCA Reform Storm Passes; Coal Tar Bans Continue
Most Americans know that feeling. Storms are predicted. Threat levels are real. Then it comes…it flashes…blows…rumbles… rattles… shakes…drenches and most the time we emerge with a sense of relief that the worst didn’t happen… this time. That is the sense I get when I think of the TSCA (Toxic Substances Control Act) legislation which was passed […]
Thanks Dr. Oz for the Recommendation!
It has been a busy few weeks. So much so that we didn’t have an opportunity to say “thank you” to cardiothoracic surgeon, author and television host, Dr. Mehmet Oz. In one of their columns, entitled Study finds that coal-tar pavement sealants are toxic to all, they recommended readers check out our site, Coal Tar Free […]
The End of Local Bans of Coal Tar Sealers on the Horizon
Editor’s note: Readers may wonder why something focused on coal tar sealers is paying attention to this legislation in Washington, D.C. Here’s the reason: if this passes it will not only change the future of these efforts, but under the current writing it appears the ban in San Marcos, Texas will be thrown out and […]
The End of State Coal Tar Bans As We Know It
The following letter comes from Andy Igrejas of the Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families group. In it he lets us know that if a version of a bill is reconciled in Congress, a state’s authority to ban toxic chemicals would be blocked. We have seen with coal tar sealers a toothless EPA and a distracted Congress pushes […]
“Common-sense” Coal Tar Ban Passes in San Marcos, TX
First municipal ban in Texas in 10 years passes unanimously Last night, the the City of San Marcos, Texas (pop. 59,000) passed additions to their MS4 program to include the ban of coal tar pavement sealers. The use of coal tar sealcoat in sensitive recharge zone areas has been prohibited for a few years under […]