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Formaldehyde is a chemical with many uses, including:

• Preservative: Used in laboratories, museums, and mortuaries to preserve tissue samples 
• Disinfectant: Used in hospitals, ships, and dwellings to kill bacteria, viruses, and fungi 
• Building materials: Used in pressed-wood products, glues, adhesives, and insulation materials 
• Textiles: Used in permanent-press fabrics 
• Paper products: Used in coatings for paper products 
• Fertilizer: Used as a fertilizer and fungicide 
• Embalming: Used as an embalming solution 
• Hair products: Used in some hair smoothing and straightening products 
• Aircraft: Used in the construction of aircraft parts, such as landing gear, brake pads, and insulation 
• Engine lubricant: Used in engine lubricants to allow the motor to move without overheating or breaking down 

Formaldehyde is also a by-product of automobile combustion and is produced in small amounts by most living organisms, including humans. Safety

• Formaldehyde is a strong-smelling, colorless, and flammable chemical 
• It is known to cause cancer 
• Exposure to formaldehyde can increase the risk of developing myeloid leukemia and cancers of the paranasal sinuses, nasal cavity, and nasopharynx 

Liquid phenol is used as a disinfectant, antiseptic, and in various other applications. Disinfectant and antiseptic

• Skin and wound disinfection: Phenol is used to disinfect skin and wounds. 
• Environmental disinfectant: Phenol is used to disinfect toilets, drains, floors, stables, and cesspools. 
• Oral antiseptic: Phenol is used in mouthwash, throat sprays, and lozenges. 

Medicinal applications

• Local anesthetic: Phenol is used as a local anesthetic for treating burns, bites, stings, pruritus, and sore throats. 
• Analgesic: Phenol is used as an oral analgesic or anesthetic to treat pharyngitis. 
• Nerve injections: Phenol is injected into nerves to reduce pain. 
• Chemical peel: Phenol is used as a chemical peel to remove skin blemishes, warts, and wrinkles. 
• Nail bed cauterization: Phenol is used by podiatrists to cauterize nail beds. 

Other applications

• Slimicides: Phenol is used in slimicides to kill fungi and bacteria in slimes. 
• Preservative: Phenol is used as a preservative in injectables and pharmaceuticals. 
• Reagent: Phenol is used as a reagent in chemical analysis. 

Phenol is a toxic compound with corrosive vapors that can affect the eyes, skin, and respiratory tract. 

Phenol crystals have many uses, including as a disinfectant, in the production of plastics, and in medical applications. Disinfectant

• Phenol is used as a disinfectant in household cleaning products, mouthwashes, and to clean toilets, stables, and drains 
• Phenol is also used in commercial disinfectants, antiseptics, lotions, and ointments 

Plastics 

• Phenol is used to make plastics, including phenolic resins and nylons

Medical applications

• Phenol is used as a topical anesthetic, in ear drops, and as a sclerosing agent 
• Phenol is used in chemical skin-peelers, nerve injections, and in surgical ingrown toenail treatment 
• Phenol is used as a preservative in injectables 
• Phenol is used as an antipruritic, a cauterizing agent, and as a chemical skin-peeler (chemexfoliant) 

Other uses

• Phenol is used in the manufacture of explosives, fertilizers, paints, rubber, textiles, adhesives, drugs, paper, soap, wood preservatives, and photographic developers 
• Phenol is used in embalming and research laboratories 

Phenol is corrosive and combustible, and can cause severe burns if it comes into contact with the skin.