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Cause's cancer as the shape is just right to fit in the major grove of DNA. Journal of Hazardous Materials
Volume 155, Issues 1-2, 30 June 2008, Pages 83-89
First line in absract - "Phenol is a carcinogen" the article discusses a new technique for its removal from waste water. American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists Standards (ACGIH) Manual, 2005, and United States Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, 816-F-01-007, 2006. EPA state phenol is a carcinogen....
Answer:
Phenol can:
* corrode skin and tissue (cause chemical burns) * is poisonous when ingested or injectd or through dermal exposure * EPA at one time had classified phenol as a Group D, "not classifiable as a human carcinogen "based on a lack of data concerning carcinogenic effects in humans * (in controlled amounts) be used for its antibiotic properties in throat lozenges
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∙ 13y agoyes.......... just now by mistakenly, in very dark room i drank the phenol, when i came to know it was phenol, i washed my mouth with clean water for several times,,, its been one hour, lets see whats going to be happen, i had a mouth full of phenol,
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What happens when phenol is overheated?
Phenol should always be stored in a closed container. If it overheats it could build pressure causing it to explode. It could also produce toxic or irritating fumes.
What happens if you swallow the phenol red indicator solution?
Your throat will be irritated and your voice will turn hoarse.
Is phenol volatile?
Phenol is flammable.
What are some examples of a phenol?
What are some examples of Phenol
Does phenol react with bromine?
Yes, at room temperature bromine reacts with phenol and forms 2,4,6-tribromo phenol.
What happens when water is added to phenol?
tribromophenol is formed.
What happens when bromine water is added to phenol?
tribromophenol is formed.
What happens when phenol treated with sodium borohydride?
Oxidized yo aldehyde
What happens when you add phenol red indicator to calcium chloride?
It heats up
What happens when phenol reacts with concentrated HNO3 plus H2SO4?
2,4,6-trinitrophenol
What happens in the reaction between phenol and sodium metal?
go and die somewhere wiki
What happens to glucose in the phenol sulfuric acid test?
the glucose is hydrolised by the sulfuric acid. Furfural derivates are formed. These derivates form with phenol a yellow complex wich can be measured with a spectrophotometer.
What happens when phenol is overheated?
Phenol should always be stored in a closed container. If it overheats it could build pressure causing it to explode. It could also produce toxic or irritating fumes.
What happens if you swallow the phenol red indicator solution?
Your throat will be irritated and your voice will turn hoarse.
What happens when bromine reacts with an phenol?
2 bromophenol, 4 bromophenol and hydrogen bromide are formed
What happens when a solution of ArN-NO is acidified?
It is converted into Phenol (Ar-OH) and nitrogen gas (N2).
Structure of phenol?
phenol
