Information Regarding PENTACHLOROPHENOL and Adhesive

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PENTACHLOROPHENOL
CASRN: 87-86-5

Major Uses :

The main commercial use of pentachlorophenol is as a wood preservative...it is used as a fungicide to protect wood from fungal decay and wood-boring insects...it is used as a pre-harvest defoliant in cotton and as a general pre-emergence, non-selective contact herbicide...it has been used as a bactericide in drilling fluids, as a fungicide in adhesives and textiles and for slime control in pulp and paper manufacture...pentachlorophenol has also been used to control the snails that are the hosts of schistosomiasis.
[IARC. Monographs on the Evaluation of the Carcinogenic Risk of Chemicals to Man. Geneva: World Health Organization, International Agency for Research on Cancer, 1972-PRESENT. (Multivolume work).V53 375 (1991)]**PEER REVIEWED**

FDA Requirements :

Pentachlorophenol is an indirect food additive for use only as a component of adhesives.
[21 CFR 175.105 (4/1/91)]**PEER REVIEWED**

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