Abstract
Pentachlorophenol or PCP (pentachlorohydroxybenzene) is a wood preservative, herbicide, antimicrobial agent, disinfectant, mossicide, and defoliant. PCP is used as a preservative in plywood that is used to cover distribution reservoirs. Its structure and properties are provided in Table 1.
This Health Advisory is based on information in USEPA (1985a), except for Section I, based on USEPA (1983).
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Ware, G.W. (1988). Pentachlorophenol. In: Ware, G.W. (eds) Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, vol 104. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8785-5_15
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