Evidence of Unrecognized Indoor Exposure to Toxic Chlorophenols and Odorous Chloroanisoles in Denmark, Finland, and Norway

Figure 1

(a) An early quote on the usefulness of pentachlorophenol (PCP) [13]. In practice, PCP products also contained 2,4,6-trichlorophenol (TCP) and 2,3,4,6-tetrachlorophenol (TeCP). (b) Chloroanisole formation. Although the CPs are efficient pesticides, they do not completely sterilize and cannot hinder microbial methylation to CAs in the presence of humidity. PCP is converted to pentachloroanisole (PCA), TeCP to the more odor potent 2,3,4,6-tetrachloroanisole (TeCA), and TCP to the very odor potent 2,4,6-trichloroanisole (TCA) [6].

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