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(Beyond Pesticides, November 4, 2014) Last week, a United Nations committee of experts recommended the global elimination<\/a> of the pesticide pentachlorophenol<\/a> (PCP), widely used in the United States and elsewhere for treatment of wooden utility poles and railroad ties. Scientists cite chemical’s persistence, bioaccumulation, long-range transport, and PCP’s toxic impacts in recommending it being listed in \u00a0the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, an \u00a0international treaty established to safeguard human and environmental health from highly hazardous chemicals. The committee further noted the wide availability of non-chemical alternatives much safer than PCP, which include steel, composite, \u00a0and concrete poles, as well as the burying of power lines.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the beginning of the end of pentachlorophenol,\u201d said Pam Miller, executive director of Alaska Community Action on Toxics. \u201cPentachlorophenol has global health implications since it is found in the bodies of people throughout the world including Indigenous Peoples of the Arctic. Now governments and the private sector need to get to work to finally eliminate this toxic chemical.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"kidpolesign\"<\/a>The United States is not a signatory to the Stockholm Convention, and is, in fact, the largest producer and user of PCP in the world. U.S. government agencies have sent mixed messages during \u00a0the deliberations on adding PCP to the Stockholm Convention. While the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has sought to oppose efforts to ban<\/a> the chemical, last month the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services included PCP in its 13th<\/sup> Report on Carcinogens<\/a><\/em>, declaring the substance \u201creasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Beyond Pesticides has \u00a0for decades advocated the removal of \u00a0PCP from the market. \u00a0The organochlorine compound was first developed as a pesticide and used in agriculture, yet health and environmental concerns led to numerous reviews of the chemical, which then led to rollbacks in its allowed uses on crops and in residential settings. PCP is neurotoxic, \u00a0contains a mixture of volatile \u00a0polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and is contaminated with deadly dioxin, furans, and hexochlorobenzene. In 2002, Beyond Pesticides, along with other health and labor organizations, brought a lawsuit against EPA<\/a> in which it was argued that the agency must cancel all allowed uses of the wood preservative. The litigation argued that PCP and other wood preservatives hurt utility workers exposed to treated poles, children playing near treated structures, and the environment, citing the availability of alternatives. However, in 2005, a judge dismissed the suit<\/a> on procedural grounds. Despite mounting pressure, in 2004 the agency tweaked its risk scenario for children\u2019s exposure to PCP-treated utility poles in order to skirt an unacceptable cancer risk determination<\/a> of 2.2 in 10,000. In an affront to common sense of how children play, in the new scenario, EPA asserted, \u201cWhere utility poles are installed on home\/school or other residential sites, child contact via the dermal or oral routes is not anticipated since play activities with or around these pole structures would not normally occur.\u201d<\/p>\n

In September, the Town of North Hempstead on Long Island passed a law requiring warning labels<\/a> on utility poles treated with PCP. The mandated labeling states, \u201cThis pole contains a hazardous chemical. Avoid prolonged direct contact with this pole. Wash hands or other exposed areas thoroughly if contact is made.\u201d Shortly after North Hempstead\u2019s action, members from both chambers in New York\u2019s state legislature announced companion legislation<\/a> to prohibit the future use of utility poles treated with pentachlorophenol (PCP), and call for the posting of warnings to inform people about the dangers of contact with PCP on existing poles.<\/p>\n

The cumulative impact of these actions put increases pressure on EPA to cancel all remaining uses of PCP. Although governments around the world will decide on the recommendation from the United Nations expert committee in May of 2015, signatory nations to the Stockholm Convention typically accept the recommendations of the expert committees.<\/p>\n

Through the publication of two reports in the late 1990s, Beyond Pesticides continues its efforts to raise public awareness of the hazards created by pesticide coated utility poles. Yet, our organization continues to receive calls from the public reporting concerning health impacts after exposure to utility poles, or after new poles are installed near their property.<\/p>\n

Both of Beyond Pesticides\u2019 reports can be found on the Wood Preservatives webpage<\/a>. The first report, Poison Poles<\/em>, published in 1997, examines the toxic trail left by the manufacture, use, storage and disposal of the heavy-duty wood preservatives from cradle to grave. Pole Pollution<\/em>, published in 1999, focuses on EPA\u2019s draft preliminary science chapter on PCP and provides the results of our survey of over 3,000 utilities across the United States and Canada. Increase public pressure to ban hazardous PCP by contacting your local and state legislators and telling them to introduce a bill to remove these poisons from your community.<\/p>\n

Source: IPEN<\/a><\/p>\n

All unattributed positions and opinions in this piece are those of Beyond Pesticides.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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The committee further noted the wide availability of non-chemical alternatives much safer than PCP, which include steel, composite, \u00a0and concrete poles, as well as the burying of power lines. \u201cThis is the beginning of the end of pentachlorophenol,\u201d said Pam Miller, executive director of Alaska Community Action on Toxics. \u201cPentachlorophenol has global health implications since it is found in the bodies of people throughout the world including Indigenous Peoples of the Arctic. Now governments and the private sector need to get to work to finally eliminate this toxic chemical.\u201d The United States is not a signatory to the Stockholm Convention, and is, in fact, the largest producer and user of PCP in the world. 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