Pentachlorophenol is on its way out as a utility pole preservative. Here’s what might take its place Phaseout is pushing a slow-to-change industry to look at alternatives by Alexander H. Tullo ...

The impact of the US EPA-required phase-outs starting in 2000–2001 of residential uses of the organophosphate (OP) pesticides chlorpyrifos (CPF) and diazinon (DZN) on preschool children's ...

“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.

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.

In May 2016, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality found that the company had exceeded allowable levels of pentachlorophenol in December 2015 and in January 2016. It imposed a fine of ...

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 ...

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 ...

(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 ...

Pentachlorophenol, a well-recognized wood preservative in use for decades, is registered under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). According to EPA, it is used ...

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.