Published on November 12, 2014
Phenol is known as an aromatic organic compound and is mainly found as a light-pink crystalline mass, clear or translucent. In most of the commercially available products such as resins, paints, photographic developers, plastics, fertilizers and also in few medicines, Phenol is vitally being used. It is also known as carbolic acid which is added to many different products and has a sweet-smelling clear liquid. Moreover when a human body is exposed to this chemical, it acts as a noxious when it is touched or swallowed.
According to the researched report, the chemical Phenol is the natural as well as manufactured chemical. Moreover, in the production of Phenolic resins and in the manufacture of nylon and other synthetic fibers, Phenol is widely being used and is also used to kill bacteria and fungi in slimes. However the exposure of this chemical is mainly found at the manufacturing unit and perilous waste sites of Phenol.
As per the analysts, people which stay near or around this manufacturing unit of Phenol, landfills or perilous waste site are the almost certainly populations to be exposed by the hazardous chemical. However, another possible direct exposure might occur through the use of consumer products that are swallowed or applied to various parts of the body, which contains Phenol.
Apart from this it is inhaling tobacco smoke or smoking will expose you to Phenol. However low levels of Phenol is mostly found in the intake of human being such as air and drinking water and in certain non-vegetarian foods items like fried chicken, smoked summer sausage, some species of fish and mountain cheese.
According to the researched report, Phenol can affect the human health by entering the bloodstream once it is inhaled or ingested or else if the chemical comes in contact with the skin. Moreover if Phenol vapors are inhaled then the lining of the lungs, nose and throat can burn just as it burns the skin when coming in contact with Phenol, as the chemical can be easily be absorbed into the body through the stomach, lungs and skin.
Nevertheless the sickness such as coma and seizures can be caused by this chemical, when it intervenes with the control of regular breathing patterns of brain, also it cause death-defying cadence changes in the heart. However when used medically as an antiseptic or anesthetic, Phenol can have beneficial effects.
