Phenolbụ ngwakọta organic nkịtị, nke a makwaara dị ka carbolic acid.Ọ bụ crystalline siri ike na-enweghị agba ma ọ bụ na-acha ọcha nke nwere isi na-akpasu iwe.A na-ejikarị eme ihe na-emepụta ihe eji esiji ákwà, pigments, adhesives, plasticizers, lubricants, disinfectants, wdg. Tụkwasị na nke ahụ, ọ bụkwa ihe dị mkpa n'etiti ngwaahịa na ụlọ ọrụ kemịkalụ.

Ná mmalite nke narị afọ nke 20, a chọpụtara na phenol nwere nsí siri ike na ahụ mmadụ, na iji ihe ndị ọzọ jiri nwayọọ nwayọọ dochie ya na mmepụta nke ọgwụ nje na ngwaahịa ndị ọzọ.N'afọ 1930, amachibidoro iji phenol eme ihe na ịchọ mma na ụlọ mposi n'ihi oke nsi ya na isi na-akpasu iwe.N'afọ 1970, a machibidokwara iji phenol eme ihe n'ọtụtụ ngwa ụlọ ọrụ n'ihi ajọ mmetọ gburugburu ebe obibi na ihe egwu ahụike mmadụ.

Na United States, ejirila phenol eme ihe na ụlọ ọrụ achịkwa nke ọma kemgbe 1970s.US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ehiwela usoro iwu na ụkpụrụ iji gbochie ojiji na mpụta nke phenol iji chebe ahụike mmadụ na gburugburu ebe obibi.Dịka ọmụmaatụ, akọwapụtala ụkpụrụ mgbapụta phenol na mmiri mkpofu, machibidokwa iji phenol na usoro mmepụta ihe.Na mgbakwunye, FDA (Nchịkwa nri na ọgwụ) ehiwekwala usoro iwu iji hụ na mgbakwunye nri na ihe ịchọ mma enweghị phenol ma ọ bụ ihe ndị sitere na ya.

N'ikpeazụ, ọ bụ ezie na phenol nwere ọtụtụ ngwa dị iche iche na ụlọ ọrụ na ndụ kwa ụbọchị, nsị ya na ísì na-agbakasị ahụ akpatala nnukwu nsogbu na ahụike mmadụ na gburugburu ebe obibi.Ya mere, ọtụtụ mba emeela ihe iji gbochie ojiji ya na ikuku.Na United States, n'agbanyeghị na ejirila phenol na ụlọ ọrụ eme ihe nke ọma, a ka na-ejikarị ya n'ụlọ ọgwụ na ụlọ ọrụ ahụike ndị ọzọ dị ka ọgwụ na-egbu egbu na ọgwụ mgbochi.Agbanyeghị, n'ihi oke nsi ya na ihe egwu ahụike nwere ike ime, a na-atụ aro ka ndị mmadụ zere ịkpọtụrụ phenol dị ka o kwere mee.