Maybe you’ve seen the headlines across the country discussing the problems with coal tar pavement sealer. All over North America playgrounds still use coal tar sealers. It exposes children to high levels of chemicals called …

To the Editor:
Coal tar sealants make our driveways and parking lots really black and pretty. I have a coal tar sealant on my driveway. So does my church and Deep River School, where I have been walking for exercise for decades…

Would you ever buy something that costs 45 times the purchase price to cleanup? Not in your right mind, would you. But pond cleanup costs, calculated by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and extrapolated here to a per gallon cost, show that

For the second time in the last 3 years, the State of Michigan has begun the process to ban coal tar sealers from use in the entire state. This would be the second state to pass such a ban. The State of Washington passed the nation’s first statewide ban in …

Snow is beautiful to look at, but not fun to keep off your driveway. Thankfully, his winter hasn’t been too harsh, but you never know what’s lurking around the corner when it comes to Mother Nature. In the event of major snowflake accumulation, what will help you do...

Researchers from Dickinson College broadened our geographical understanding of the problem of coal tar sealants with research published in the journal. The study was in the 524 square mile Conodoguinet Creek basin in south central Pennsylvania along its 100 mile or so...

Last month the Greenville, South Carolina's City Council passed an amendment to their stormwater ordinance that included the State's first ban of coal tar pavement sealants. The area that includes Greenville is the largest population region of South Carolina with a...

The Chicago Tribune last week reported on their investigation of the coal tar industry's role in opposing sealant restrictions across the country. They found that industry research "falls short" of demonstrating there are no problems with coal tar and that at times...

Late last Friday the Minnesota House of Representatives passed the $538 million omnibus legacy finance bill (HF 1183). One of the amendments to the bill is a the statewide ban of coal tar sealcoats. After vigorous floor debate on other elements of the legislation, the...

I wanted to take the opportunity to thank the University of Michigan for quietly sticking with their commitment to be free of coal tar sealants. A recent report chronicles their efforts that are part of their "Good Housekeeping" provisions of their NPDES (National...