Comments on: Coal-tar sealcoat contains highly dangerous chemicals

By: Susie Collins

Susie Collins — Fri, 08 May 2009 21:53:55 +0000

I received an email this morning from an author of some of the reports mentioned in this post. It appears that my comment above saying “Roads. Everywhere.” may misrepresent the report. My apologies for any confusion.

Here is the email I received. Many thanks to Barbara for the clarification:

Hello Susie,

I was most interested to read about coal-tar sealcoat in the Canary Report. As an author of some of the reports, I’d like to clarify that sealcoat is used on asphalt pavement (e.g., parking lots and driveways) but generally not on roads.

Sincerely,
Barbara Mahler
Research Hydrologist
USGS

By: THE CHEMICAL EDGE

THE CHEMICAL EDGE — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 03:58:00 +0000

[...] parking lots, sealcoats: Bad! Coal-tar sealcoat contains highly dangerous chemicals http://www.thecanaryreport.org/2009/01/24/coal-tar-sealcoat-contains-highly-dangerous-chemicals/ Parking lots treated with coal-tar-based sealcoats are a major source of cancer-causing [...]

By: Susie Collins

Susie Collins — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 08:52:17 +0000

Meg, it’s nasty nasty stuff! The fact that it’s now linked to horrible health problems long after the actual job is just mind blowing. Roads. Everywhere.

By: Meg

Meg — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 15:40:22 +0000

Interesting to read about this, I remember when our neighbors re-coating their driveway. The fumes were absolutely awful. Just awful. I was at the back of the house with my nose in an air purifier, and it was still very bad.