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    Pentachlorophenol (PCP) is an organochlorine compound used as a pesticide and a disinfectant. First produced in the 1930s, it is marketed under many trade...
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  • Pentachlorophenol monooxygenase (EC 1.14.13.50, pentachlorophenol dechlorinase, pentachlorophenol dehalogenase, pentachlorophenol 4-monooxygenase, PCP...
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    aromatic and chloroaromatic compounds, phenols like nonylphenol and pentachlorophenol, herbicides such as (RS)-2-(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy) propionic acid...
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  • chlorine atoms. There are five basic types of chlorophenols (mono- to pentachlorophenol) and 19 different chlorophenols in total when positional isomerism...
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  • pentaphyllum, or jiaogulan penta-, Greek numeral prefix meaning "five" Pentachlorophenol, a pesticide Pentaerythritol tetranitrate, an explosive material Penta...
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    entirely new metabolic pathway that degrades the synthetic pesticide pentachlorophenol. An interesting but still controversial idea is that some adaptations...
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    particular white-rot fungi, can degrade insecticides, herbicides, pentachlorophenol, creosote, coal tars, and heavy fuels and turn them into carbon dioxide...
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    convention: chlorinated naphthalenes (CNs), hexachlorobutadiene (HCBD) and pentachlorophenol (PCP), its salts and esters. The proposal is the first stage of the...
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  • such as hexachlorophene, triclosan, trichlorophenol, tribromophenol, pentachlorophenol, salts and isomers thereof), cationic surfactants, such as some quaternary...
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  • effect caused by pentachlorophenol is a decrease in response to predator attacks in guppies (Poecilia reticula). Pentachlorophenol was exposed to juvenile...
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    endrin), EDB, HCH and lindane, paraquat, parathion and methylparathion, pentachlorophenol, and 2,4,5-T. This took force on 17 May 2004. Australia ratified the...
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    copper naphthenate in its facilities as an approved substitute for pentachlorophenol, creosote, and inorganic arsenicals. A 50-year study presented to...
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  • 8-Pentachlorodibenzofuran 3,4,5,3’,4’-Pentachlorobiphenyl (PCB-126) Pentachlorophenol Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), evaluated 2023 Polychlorinated biphenyls...
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  • visualizing high-dimensional geometry and analyzing multivariate data Pentachlorophenol, an organochlorine compound used as a timber preservative herbicide...
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  • bacterium from the genus Achromobacter which was isolated from a pentachlorophenol-contaminated soil in Mar del Plata by Murialdo et al. "LPSN LPSN"...
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    catabolic activity of Pseudomonas veronii in biotransformation of pentachlorophenol". Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 62 (2–3): 284–290. doi:10...
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  • treated utility poles, foundation pilings, and lumber with creosote and pentachlorophenol. Production byproducts were dumped into on-site, unlined containment...
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    railyard. The Koppers Co. plant was listed on September 21, 1984, for pentachlorophenol (PCP), dioxin, furan, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH), and heavy...
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    to protect wet leathers from mold growth. After 1980, the use of pentachlorophenol and mercury-based biocides and their derivatives was forbidden. After...
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    pesticides in soil. The insecticides DDT, methyl parathion, and especially pentachlorophenol have been shown to interfere with legume-rhizobium chemical signaling...
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    source was traced to guar gum from India that was contaminated with pentachlorophenol (PCP), a pesticide no longer in use. PCP contains dioxins, which damage...
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    creosote, but due to environmental concerns, alternatives such as pentachlorophenol, copper naphthenate and borates are becoming widespread in the United...
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    Examples are chlordane at 2% per weight of wool, toxaphene at 0.8%, pentachlorophenol or BHC at 0.5%, DDT at 0.2%, chlordecone and mirex at 0.06%, and dieldrin...
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  • industry has been reduced since 1991 with chemicals such as dieldrin, pentachlorophenol, and tributyltin oxide being replaced by organo-boron esters, permethrin...
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    interest to researchers because it can mineralise the toxic pesticide pentachlorophenol (PCP). Takeuchi, Mariko; Hamana, Koei; Hiraishi, Akira (2001). "Proposal...
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  • well controlled. Compounds involved include the wood preservative pentachlorophenol, and also herbicides such as 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (or 2...
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    are also widely used in Britain, together with chestnut. Creosote, pentachlorophenol, and chromated copper arsenate are all widely used in the US and elsewhere...
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    arsenic, benzene, copper chromate, creosote, dioxins, naphthalene, pentachlorophenol (PCPs), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and volatile organic compounds...
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  • 4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D). Chlorophenol Trichlorophenol Pentachlorophenol François Muller; Liliane Caillard (2011). "Chlorophenols". Ullmann's...
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  • the nerve.: 257  Other examples include dicofol, mirex, kepone, and pentachlorophenol. These can be either hydrophilic or hydrophobic, depending on their...
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