A Human Health Risk

This blog post is based on the information from this article.
A Human Health Risk Assessment of Exposure to PAHs in Coal-Tar Sealants
by Corey Adam Mocka (2012)

​Primary sources of PAHs: vehicle exhaust, tobacco smoke, coal, coal-tar, and charred food. Previous experiments indicate that some PAHs are probable human carcinogens. In animal studies, exposure to PAHs has been known to produce reproductive problems and birth defects.
The United State Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) created a list of 16 "priority" PAHs. These PAHs were selected due to the availability of data related to potential health effects. These are known to be more persistent in the environment and typically have the highest concentration at hazardous waste sites.

Priority PAH Names:​
1. Naphthalene
2. Acenaphthene
3. Acenaphthylene
4. Anthracene
5. Phenanthrene
6. Fluorene
7. Fluoranthene
8. Benzo(a)anthracene
9. Chrysene
10. Pyrene
11. Benzo(a)pyrene
12. Benxo(b)fluoranthene
13. Benzo(k)fluoranthene
14. Bibenz(a,h)anthracene
15. Benzo(g,h,i)perylene
16. indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene