Hazardous Substance Ecological Fact Sheet and Ecotoxicity Profile 2,4,5-Trichlorophenol

Abstract

2,4,5-Trichlorophenol is a crystalline solid used to destroy algae, fungi and bacteria in cooling towers and pulp mills, and in hide and leather processing. It is also used in the production of certain pesticides, including the herbicide 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid {2,4,5-T). It is highly soluble in water and may enter the aquatic environment as an impurity associated with the use of pesticides, from the chlorination of waste treatment plant effluents, arxi from the bleaching of wood pulp.