The EPA claims that pentachlorophenol poses health risks to workers. Alternative wood preservatives —including chromated arsenicals, copper naphthenate, creosote, and dichloro-octyl ...

South Carolina lawmakers have introduced legislation that would temporarily ban pentachlorophenol from being made in Orangeburg. The chemical already has been banned worldwide because of its toxicity.

“Pentachlorophenol production in South Carolina would harm workers, poison the surrounding environment, and set Orangeburg up as a future Superfund site. The rest of the world has already moved ...

It turns pentachlorophenol into the truly nasty tetrachlorobenzoquinone, which you do NOT want to mess with. There are other cases in which enzymes make molecules more toxic, rather than less.

Pentachlorophenol, is a wood preservative used to utility poles, fence posts and similar items. It is classified by the US Environmental Protection Agency as a probable human carcinogen and a ...

Cabot Microelectronics says it will close a pentachlorophenol plant in Matamoros, Mexico, at the end of 2021 and won’t replace it, as previously planned. Penta is used to preserve wood telephone ...

(Beyond Pesticides, September 24, 2014) New York Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele, Jr. and State Senator Kenneth LaValle have introduced legislation that will prohibit the future use of utility poles ...

In addition, DEQ has ordered the company to increase testing for pentachlorophenol in the facility’s wastewater from once a month to twice a month during 2018.

N.L. Hydro hopes to keep the poles, despite the fact they are coated with a toxic substance called pentachlorophenol (PCP), for future emergency repairs elsewhere in its transmission system.

The Department of Environment and Climate Change has approved N.L. Hydro's proposal to reuse poles treated with pentachlorophenol, a substance recently banned by the federal government.