ABSTRACT
The chlorophenols are used extensively as antifungal agents and are often applied as a preservative to freshly sawn lumber. They have found some use as herbicides and in food processing plants to control mold (99). Chlorophenols are also common degradation products of chlorophenoxy herbicides. The wood shavings from lumber processes have been used for litter in chicken houses and contain high levels of these chlorophenols, especially 2,3,4,6-tetrachlorophenol and pentachlorophenol (101). The chlorophenols degrade to volatile chloroanisoles via methylation of the oxygen atom and the resulting compounds have been implicated in the "musty taint" of chicken eggs and meat (101).
