Year: 2016
Resolution Number: 25
Action Taken: Approved
Status:
Author(s): Gunjan Malhotra
Sponsor: Kaitlyn Dobesh, Gunjan Malhotra, and Tamara Roumayah
On behalf of: Medical Student Section
Committee: D (Public Health)
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That MSMS advocate for state legislation to ban the use of pavement sealcoats that contain polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH); or at least, use sealcoat products that contain low or no PAH, specifically products where the concentration of PAH is less than 1/1000th the concentration in coal-tar sealcoats; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the American Medical Association (AMA) ask our AMA to advocate for national legislation to ban the use of pavement sealcoats that contain polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH); or at least, use sealcoat products that contain low or no PAH, specifically products where the concentration of PAH is less than 1/1000th the concentration in coal-tar sealcoats.
RESOLVED: That MSMS advocate for state legislation to ban the use of pavement sealcoats that contain polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH); or at least, use sealcoat products that contain low or no PAH, specifically products where the concentration of PAH is less than 1/1000th the concentration in coal-tar sealcoats; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the American Medical Association (AMA) ask our AMA to advocate for national legislation to ban the use of pavement sealcoats that contain polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH); or at least, use sealcoat products that contain low or no PAH, specifically products where the concentration of PAH is less than 1/1000th the concentration in coal-tar sealcoats.
Fiscal Note: NULL
Resolution: View PDF for Coal-Tar-Based Sealcoat Threat to Human Health and the Environment
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