UNH: Pavement sealcoat a source of toxins in stormwater runoff

Thursday, April 9, 2009 - 10:00 in Physics & Chemistry

Driveways and parking lots may look better with a layer of sealcoat applied to the pavement, but the water running off the surface into nearby streams will be carrying more than just oxygen and hydrogen molecules. New research conducted at the University of New Hampshire Stormwater Centre (UNHSC) indicates that sealcoat may contribute to increasingly significant amounts of polyaromatic hydrocarbons entering waterways from stormwater runoff...

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