re: Phenol is the continuing Vinyl Chloride pollutant

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If it were only "PHENOL" that was released there would be no problem in that such a small amount is used for stabilization.

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I remember in my organic lab the TA told us to be careful handling phenol. It’s a mild organic acid with a pH of about 1. It’s not the acidity that necessarily burns you if you contact it with your skin it’s the fact that it dissolves proteins and can cause pretty bad chemical burns.