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"USGS Publications Warehouse": { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Article", "additionalType": "Journal Article", "name": "You're standing on it! Coal-tar-based pavement sealcoat and environmental and human health", "identifier": [ { "@type": "PropertyValue", "propertyID": "USGS Publications Warehouse IndexID", "value": "70045621", "url": "https://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/70045621" }, { "@type": "PropertyValue", "propertyID": "USGS Publications Warehouse Internal ID", "value": 70045621 } ], "isPartOf": [ { "@type": "CreativeWorkSeries", "name": "APWA Reporter" } ], "datePublished": "2013", "dateModified": "2016-07-12", "abstract": "Coal-tar-based sealcoat\u2014a product marketed to protect and beautify asphalt pavement\u2014is a potent source of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) to air, soils, streams and lakes, and homes. Does its use present a risk to human health?\nResults from a new study by researchers from Baylor University and the USGS indicate that living adjacent to a coal-tar-sealed pavement is associated with significant increases in estimated excess lifetime cancer risk, and that much of the increased risk occurs during early childhood.", "description": "3 p.", "publisher": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "American Public Works Association" }, "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mahler, Barbara bjmahler@usgs.gov", "givenName": "Barbara", "familyName": "Mahler", "email": "bjmahler@usgs.gov", "identifier": { "@type": "PropertyValue", "propertyID": "ORCID", "value": "0000-0002-9150-9552", "url": "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9150-9552" }, "affiliation": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "WMA - Earth System Processes Division", "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/mission-areas/water-resources" }, { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Texas Water Science Center", "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/centers/oklahoma-texas-water-science-center" } ] }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Van Metre, Peter C. pcvanmet@usgs.gov", "givenName": "Peter C.", "familyName": "Van Metre", "email": "pcvanmet@usgs.gov", "affiliation": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Texas Water Science Center", "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/centers/oklahoma-texas-water-science-center" } ] } ], "funder": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Texas Water Science Center", "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/centers/oklahoma-texas-water-science-center" } ] }
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