How can people be exposed to trichlorophenols?
• By breathing air contaminated with trichlorophenols. This is likely only if you are exposed to air near places where these chemicals are made, around hazardous waste sites, or during forest fires. • Drinking contaminated water, eating food contaminated with trichlorophenols or chemicals that are metabolized to trichlorophenols. • By absorbing trichlorophenols through the skin after an exposure. People who make trichlorophenols or use them as pesticides or disinfectants are most likely to have high exposure to these chemicals.
