Impushana ye-asphalt ingaqhuma lapho ilunge kakhulu.
Njengezinto eziyinhloko ze-asphalt, i-polycyclic enamakha hydrocarbons, lapho igxotshwe ngokwanele, bathambekele ekwenzeni uthuli. Ngenxa yendawo ebanzi ye-asphalt, ixhumana kalula nomoya, okwandisa kakhulu ingozi yokuqhuma kothuli.