phenol

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Olive oil contains a collection of phenolic acids, which are considered to be more toxic than phenol ethers, not less.

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(organic chemistry, uncountable) A caustic, poisonous, white crystalline compound, C₆H₅OH, derived from benzene and used in resins, plastics, and pharmaceuticals and in dilute form as a disinfectant and antiseptic; once called carbolic acid

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noun

(organic chemistry, countable) Any of a class of aromatic organic compounds having at least one hydroxyl group attached directly to the benzene ring (or other aromatic ring)

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for phenol.

noun

(organic chemistry, countable) Any of a class of aromatic organic compounds having at least one hydroxyl group attached directly to the benzene ring (or other aromatic ring)

Example sentences

Olive oil contains a collection of phenolic acids, which are considered to be more toxic than phenol ethers, not less.

If the labeling can be trusted it isnt hard to find phenol-free receipt paper on amazon.

People are basically forced now to install so called energy saving lamps, which contain and emit highly toxic mercury and phenol.

And in the US, phenol-free papers are new enough the backside often advertises it.

Some 20% of the benzene production is used to manufacture cumene, which is needed to produce phenol and acetone for resins and adhesives.

Telephones had to look like the older ones made of Phenol resin.

You need to go out of your way to buy phenol-free paper.

Carbolic acid is an organic compound also known as phenol.

Phenoxyethanol is a phenol ether, not an alcohol.

I think this is the right approach, speaking as someone who went down the rabbit-hole of looking at alternative non-bisphenol or non-phenol image developers.

There are plenty of phenol free replacements.

As this Wired piece says: > Much as it sounds, extraction involves the pulling of new chemicals from the oak, including phenol, benzoic acid, and vanillin.

Quote examples

You mention that phenol is used in mouthwash, so you follow up with "inject that mouthwash into my arm".

The very little research on the new ones tend to conclude "we don't know if it's toxic in the long term" or in the case of urea-based papers, "it's highly toxic against aquatic life." To the GP, if the goal is to avoid phenol papers, phenol papers tend to develop deeper black.

Proper noun examples

Phenol is used as ingredient in mouthwash, but nobody injects mouthwash (which contains several different ingredients) in your arm.

Phenol is used in a variety of consumer products including mouthwashes, throat lozenges, and throat sprays.

The ones I've been able to source easily are Phenol-Free, which used to be a pain to find before the eu ban, those are (I think) bpa and bps free at least.