A Note on the Detection of Pentachlorophenol in Water
Abstract
PHILLIPS 29 Detection of Pentachlorophenol in Water 61, B. PHILLPS (City Analyst’s Laboratory, Crofts Street, CardilJ’) A recent examination was made of water from a gold-fish pool in which most of the fish had died suddenly. The pool had been loosely covered with wooden boards for two days for frost protection. During this time a heary fall of snor.v occurred and it was found, on lifting the boards, that most of the fish, some of which r.vere 6 8 inches in length, rvere dead or dying. The timber had been previously treated rvith a colourless proprietary timber preservative and u,eathered for about a week before use. Leaching from the timber was suspected but no copper.
Citation
Journal of the Association of Public Analysts, 1968, 6, 29-30
