Phenolndi wamba organic pawiri, amatchedwanso carbolic acid.Ndi crystalline yopanda mtundu kapena yoyera yokhala ndi fungo lopweteka kwambiri.Amagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri popanga utoto, utoto, zomatira, mapulasitiki, mafuta opaka, mankhwala opha tizilombo, ndi zina zambiri. Kuphatikiza apo, ndi chinthu chofunikira kwambiri chapakati pamakampani opanga mankhwala.

Kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1900, phenol inapezeka kuti ili ndi poizoni wamphamvu m'thupi la munthu, ndipo kugwiritsidwa ntchito kwake popanga mankhwala ophera tizilombo toyambitsa matenda ndi zinthu zina kunasinthidwa pang'onopang'ono ndi zinthu zina.M'zaka za m'ma 1930, kugwiritsa ntchito phenol mu zodzoladzola ndi zimbudzi kunaletsedwa chifukwa cha poizoni wake komanso fungo lopweteka.Mu 1970s, kugwiritsa ntchito phenol m'mafakitale ambiri kunaletsedwanso chifukwa cha kuipitsidwa kwakukulu kwa chilengedwe komanso kuopsa kwa thanzi la anthu.

Ku United States, kugwiritsa ntchito phenol m'makampani kumayendetsedwa mosamalitsa kuyambira 1970s.Bungwe la US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) lakhazikitsa malamulo ndi malamulo angapo oletsa kugwiritsa ntchito ndi kutuluka kwa phenol pofuna kuteteza thanzi la anthu komanso chilengedwe.Mwachitsanzo, miyeso yotulutsa phenol m'madzi otayidwa yafotokozedwa mosamalitsa, ndipo kugwiritsa ntchito phenol pakupanga kwaletsedwa.Kuphatikiza apo, FDA (Food and Drug Administration) yakhazikitsanso mndandanda wa malamulo owonetsetsa kuti zowonjezera zakudya ndi zodzoladzola sizikhala ndi phenol kapena zotumphukira zake.

Pomaliza, ngakhale kuti phenol ili ndi ntchito zambiri m'makampani ndi moyo watsiku ndi tsiku, kawopsedwe kake ndi fungo loyipa lapangitsa kuti pakhale vuto lalikulu ku thanzi la anthu komanso chilengedwe.Chifukwa chake, mayiko ambiri achitapo kanthu kuti aletse kugwiritsidwa ntchito kwake komanso kutulutsa mpweya.Ku United States, ngakhale kuti kugwiritsidwa ntchito kwa phenol m'makampani kumayendetsedwa mosamalitsa, kumagwiritsidwabe ntchito kwambiri m'zipatala ndi m'mabungwe ena azachipatala ngati mankhwala ophera tizilombo komanso osabala.Komabe, chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwake kawopsedwe komanso kuopsa kwa thanzi, tikulimbikitsidwa kuti anthu apewe kukhudzana ndi phenol momwe angathere.