Posted on 06/14/2021 10:01:24 AM PDT by AbolishCSEU
ALBANY (TNS) — Homeowners in a few years could be seeking alternatives when they want to patch or seal their driveways.
Lawmakers this week passed a bill that, if signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, would ban the use of coal tar, the dense, acrid-smelling goo that is used in domestic and commercial pavement sealing.
A ban has been discussed for a decade and some municipalities already prohibit its use. Additionally, most highway or road builders have switched to other petroleum-derived products to put down pavement.
But coal tar is still used in driveways and parking lots. Environmentalists say the suspected carcinogen can easily wash off into watersheds, harming aquatic life. It is also harmful to humans who have long-term exposure.
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Traveling gypsys most affected.
The alternative is the latex crap they sell at the big box stores that doesn’t do anything and washes off in a year.
“Emperor Cuomo will sign the legislation. What’s the alternative to coal tar?”
I’d guess the alternative company has greased Cuomo’s palm.
He may even get 10%
New York is going full blown Marxist, it ain’t gonna get any better with these clowns.
The state is circling the bowl...and Albany flushes faster.
Like people needed another reason to leave.
Note to folks with expensive homes and/or nicely maintained driveways, it’s gonna suck to be you. Again.
New York...California replicated. Time to pack up and go.
Great news for concrete companies. Unless they outlaw concrete next. Great news for gravel companies? Gravel is natural, direct from Gaia!
I love the smell of coal-tar. Its the smell of summertime in the Northeast.
The “big guy” gets 20%.
The author doesn’t know what ‘acrid’ means. Coal tar smells aromatic and peculiarly medicinal, but not acrid.
“suspected carcinogen can easily wash off into watersheds, harming aquatic life. It is also harmful to humans who have long-term exposure.”
“Suspected” based on a rumor? How do they know? Any worse than the petroleum based? Has it done so yet?
Prove just one case... they have none.
They are just jumping on the “Known to the State of California to cause cancer” scam that has now gone National.
“Not all of the cancer-related substances on the OEHHA list are considered to be known human carcinogens (known to cause cancer in people) by the organizations above. This means that not every chemical on the list has been proven to the worldwide scientific community to actually cause cancer in people.”
Yep... See #13
Probably bad news for the driveway repair scammers.
I’ve got six buckets of the stuff that is at least 30 years old and is hard as rock. The hazardous chemical lady at the dump once a month told me I could dispose of it there so long as it was inside a garbage bag.
“I love the smell of coal-tar. Its the smell of summertime in the Northeast.”
The same sentiment here for the oil coated dirt road at my Grandfather’s house when I was a kid.
If you want to lay on a freshly coal-tar sealed surface and sniff the fumes, then yes it may be toxic to you. But the fumes dissipate (become reduced in parts per million) in the air).
The problem with many “scientific” claims of how carcinogenic a substance may be is that the so-called scientific assessment often does not match real world practical exposure; resulting in negative assessments of substances most often encountered in quantities that most bodies handle without adverse effects.
His alternative could be bubble gum.
In my youth, the smell of railroad beds and yards, the smell of docks and boardwalks, and the smell of more than a few tudor style houses was kind of nice. The creosote and asphalt rainbows in the water, the dead yellow ponds, they were everywhere, and on a blazing hot day, you could barely breath.
I survived.
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