Milwaukee bans coal-tar sealants, the city’s number one source of PAH contamination in streams
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Coal tar sealants are commonly applied to asphalt driveways and parking lots. Image: MPCA Photos, Flickr By Morgan Linn…
Coal tar sealants are commonly applied to asphalt driveways and parking lots. Image: MPCA Photos, Flickr By Morgan Linn…
Today the Milwaukee Common Council unanimously voted to ban a material called coal tar.
Runoff from pavement with coal-tar-based sealant is the primary source of toxic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) to…
Mike Daffison, left, and Micah Jacobson of Struck and Irwin Paving, apply slurry seal Aug.