The US Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to ban all uses of the wood preservative pentachlorophenol. The decision comes after the sole producer of the chemical in North America announced ...
Pentachlorophenol is on its way out as a utility pole preservative. Here’s what might take its place
We don’t normally give much thought to utility poles until someone pulls up in a bucket truck to work on one or a spitting power line falls during a storm. But few things are as useful. Utility poles ...
Hyderabad, India, May 05, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)-- According to the latest insights from Mordor Intelligence, the global pentachlorophenol market is expected to grow from USD 105.69 Million in 2026 to ...
The U.S. EPA has canceled the registration for pentachlorophenol, or “Penta,” a wood preservative utilized primarily on utility poles that has been in use for decades. During the registration review ...
A highly toxic chemical banned by up to 168 countries is set to be produced in South Carolina, making the state one of the few places in North America — if not the only place — that will manufacture ...
(Beyond Pesticides, March 9, 2021) Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced an interim decision to cancel of one of the most hazardous pesticides still used in the United States, ...
(Beyond Pesticides, September 8, 2020) Canada should be in accordance with international treaty to eliminate persistent pollutants. Canada is considering the elimination of one of the worst persistent ...
Several state legislators are trying to stop -- at least temporarily -- a chemical company’s plan to make a highly toxic pesticide in Orangeburg that countries around the world have banned because of ...
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