Nitrophenol

Brian White

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Nitrophenol is a phenolic compound in a nitro group that has an opposite position of the hydroxyl ring. Nitrophenol served as activated components for a contraction of amide moiety. 4-Nitrophenol is used to manufacture drugs, fungicides, insecticides, and dyes and to darken leather. Short-term inhalation or ingestion of 4-nitrophenol in people causes headaches, drowsiness, nausea, and cyanosis like blue color in lips, ears, and fingernails.

Aerobic decomposition of nitrophenol in an environment is very harmful. Nitroaromatic compounds are released into the environment through their wide use as dyes, pesticides, plasticizers, explosives and solvents. It is either colorless or a yellow pillar.

Nitrophenol is used as the “precursor” for the preparation of ph indicator, and raw material of fungicides. Fungicides are a substance that destroys the growth of fungi. Nitrophenol irritates eyes, skin, and respiratory tract. It may also cause the inflammation of those parts. Keep container tightly closed. It is suitable for any general chemical storage area. Containers of this material may be hazardous when empty since they retain product residues. You should observe all warnings and precautions listed for the product.

=**Health, Environmental, economic, and political implications**=

One of the other things it does to the body is makes delayed interaction with blood and forms methaemoglobin. This is responsible for a disease called “methemoglobinemia.” Methemoglobinemia is a disorder characterized by the presence of a higher than normal methemoglobin in the blood. It causes cyanosis, confusion, and unconsciousness. When ingested, one will get abdominal pain and vomiting. Prolonged contact with skin may cause allergic response.

In this year alone there has been thousands of pounds of this stuff has been dumped everywhere. Some of the places where it has been dumped here with the most concentration are St. Charles, LA with 581 pounds, Calhoun, AL with 570 pounds, Salem, NJ with 293 pounds, and Columbiana, OH with 250 pounds. Some people who have been dumping nitrophenol who think that it doesn’t affect animals or who don’t care but the fact is that it affects them just as bad as it affects us. It might be worse. From some of the studies I have read where they tested it on animals there has been reports where animals skin peel and they get a disease. Some even die if its worse case scenario.

=My Personal opinion=

I think it shouldn’t be used because it affects a lot of things when it’s released. Not only does it affect people but also it affects animals and plants to. I think it should be banned because we really don’t use it and it harms more things than it helps. Some of costs would be that it would be that it wouldn’t be easy to replace because the chemical isn’t easy to copy. Some of the many benefits would be that it wouldn’t able to hurt nobody and it doesn’t really have many uses besides that. So my conclusion would be that it should be banned because it doesn’t help but find Ph levels.

This passage is from: http://www.scorecard.org/chemical-profiles/def/hpv.html

The U.S. HPV chemicals were identified through information collected under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) [|Inventory Update Rule] (IUR) from company reports of chemical use in 1990, 1994, and 1998. Organic chemicals that are manufactured in, or imported into, the United States in amounts equal to or exceeding 10,000 pounds per year are subject to reporting under the TSCA IUR. Companies are only required to report their chemical production/imports as a range. TSCA use reporting is required every four years. EPA is in the process of updating its HPV list using [|2002] reporting. Note that some important chemical categories are not included in EPA's HPV list. Four categories of substances that are included in the TSCA Chemical Substance Inventory are largely excluded from reporting under the IUR. These categories are polymers, inorganic substances, microorganisms, and naturally occurring substances. In addition, several specific categories of chemicals (pesticides, food additive, drugs and cosmetics) are excluded from both the TSCA Chemical Substance Inventory and IUR reporting because their use is regulated under other statutes. EPA's High Production Volume Chemical Lists http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/chemrtk/hpvchmlt.htm 1990 HPV Challenge Program Chemical List http://www.epa.gov/chemrtk/hpv_1990.pdf 1994 List of HPV Additions http://www.epa.gov/chemrtk/hpv_1994.pdf 1998 List of HPV Additions http://www.epa.gov/oppt/iurold/iur98/index.htm OECD's High Production Volume Chemical List http://cs3-hq.oecd.org/scripts/hpv/
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