Because of its excellent fungicide and insecticide properties PCP has been used for more than three decades in the field of wood preservation. Recently, however, its application has been criticized repeatedly. The motives for criticism were diseases, the origin of which was supposed to be closely connected with the use of pentachlorphenolic wood preservatives. The quantitative evidence of this substance in the air and in biological material is, therefore, of decisive importance. This paper deals with the methods of determining analytically PCP and TCP in the air and in urine.

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