Pentachlorophenol

Definition of pentachlorophenol (PCP): Pentachlorophenol is an organochlorine compound used mainly as a fungicide. Sodium pentachlorophenate and pentachlorophenyl laurate (PCPL), are used for similar purposes. This is the common definition for pentachlorophenol (PCP), other definitions can be discussed in the article

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Production of PCP in the EU ceased in 1992. In 1996, 378 tonnes of NaPCP and 30 tonnes of PCP were imported from the USA; there may possibly be other imports from Asia. NaPCP was mainly used in France, Portugal and Spain, as a control agent to protect newly cut wood surfaces against fungal attack. Treatment of wood and textiles resulted in release of PCP to the environment. Since 2008 no products which contain more than 0,1% of PCP can be sold.