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Coal tar: Who is taking sides?
Published February 8, 2010, 2:42 am, The Springfield News-Leader
In this town, mention an issue and everybody's probably got an opinion about it. However, one of the most rabid local debates -- over coal tar sealant -- is playing out mostly in the protective cocoon of the e-mail universe. A federal agency says coal tar contains probable cancer-causing chemicals. And, after several U.S. cities enacted coal tar bans in recent years, the Springfield-Greene ...
How big of a problem is coal tar?
Published February 7, 2010, 5:42 am, The Springfield News-Leader
To Cindy Rushefsky, one question leads to another when she thinks about the complex issue that has reached her Springfield City Council committee.
What you should know about coal tar sealant
Published February 7, 2010, 5:42 am, The Springfield News-Leader
What is coal tar?
Stormwater services wants testing of sediment to uncover PAH levels
Published February 7, 2010, 1:16 am, The Springfield News-Leader
The city's stormwater services division would like to conduct sediment testing that experts say is necessary in order to determine local levels of PAHs, known probable human carcinogens.
Biomass fuel in kitchen ruins health of women claims WHO study
Published February 5, 2010, 11:45 pm, Hindustan Times
A silent killer seems to be lurking in most Indian rural kitchens using biomass as fuel, a World Health Organisation (WHO)-sponsored study has concluded.
Local business to stop offering coal tar sealant
Published February 5, 2010, 1:14 am, The Springfield News-Leader
A local business owner whose companies apply protective sealants to parking lots and driveways will no longer offer a substance that has come under fire, coal tar.
Bill Chameides: Our Flame Retardants Ourselves
Published February 3, 2010, 10:41 am, The Huffington Post
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers or PBDEs: you've got 'em whether you want 'em or not. Halocarbons: The 'Miracle' Compounds. Hardly. In the mid-20th century, chemical engineers...
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