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Oral exposure to commercially available coal tar-based pavement sealcoat induces murine genetic damage and mutations.
Environmental and molecular mutagenesis - 1 Aug 2016
Long Alexandra S, Watson Margaret, Arlt Volker M, White Paul A
Abstract excerpt
Coal tar (CT) is a thick black liquid produced as a by-product of coal carbonization to produce coke or manufactured gas. It is comprised a complex mixture of polycyclic aromatic compounds, including a wide range of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), many of which are genotoxic and carcinogenic. CT is used in some pavement sealants (also known as sealcoat), which are applied to pavement in order to seal and...
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