Pre-1980s UK road surfacing materials and other Tar uses have the potential to contain Coal Tar binder. It is an excellent waterproofing, flexible binder that used from Gas Works waste materials but was later found to be toxic. It was replaced by bituminous binders latterly, but the legacy of the material remains in our roads, parks, schools, municipal and private developments.

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Past and Present Uses of Coal Tar and Coal Tar Distillates:

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• Road construction and maintenance (in the UK prior to 1980)

• Roofing materials

• Feedstock for the chemical industry (production of dyes or creosote)

• Fuel for blast furnaces in the steel industry

• Binding agent in the production of carbon electrodes

• Medical applications

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