Phenolni ikigo gisanzwe, kizwi kandi nka aside ya carbolic. Ni ibara ritagira ibara cyangwa ryera rikomeye rifite impumuro ikomeye. Irakoreshwa cyane mu gukora amarangi, pigment, ahimbye, abashinyaguzi, amavuta, abadasimburana, nibindi kandi nibicuruzwa byingenzi byingenzi mumibonano mpuzabitsina.

Mu ntangiriro z'ikinyejana cya 20, Fhenol yasanze afite uburozi bukomeye ku mubiri w'umuntu, kandi ikoreshwa mu gukora umusaruro w'abatagwa n'ibindi bicuruzwa byasimbuwe buhoro buhoro n'ibindi bintu. Mu 1930, ikoreshwa rya Fenol mu kwisiga n'ubwiherero byahagaritswe kubera uburozi bukomeye kandi bukaze impumuro nziza. Mu 1970, gukoresha Fhonol mu bikorwa byinshi by'inganda nabyo byarabujijwe kubera umwanda ukomeye mu bidukikije hamwe n'imibereho y'ubuzima bw'abantu.

Muri Amerika, gukoresha Fhonol mu nganda byagenzuwe cyane kuva mu myaka ya za 70. Ikigo gishinzwe kurengera ibidukikije muri Amerika (EPA) cyashyizeho urukurikirane rw'amategeko n'amabwiriza yo kugabanya imikoreshereze no gusohora fenol hagamijwe kurinda ubuzima bw'abantu n'ibidukikije. Kurugero, amahame yo kuruhuka kuri fenol mumata kumazi yasobanuwe cyane, kandi gukoresha fenol mubikorwa byatanzwe byagarutsweho. Byongeye kandi, FDA (Ubuyobozi bwibiryo) nabyo byashizeho urukurikirane rw'amabwiriza kugira ngo ibyongero byo kurya no kwisiga bitarimo ibibazo by'ibintu cyangwa ibikomokaho.

Mu gusoza, nubwo FHENOL afite amafaranga menshi mubikorwa byunganda nubuzima bwa buri munsi, uburozi bwa buri munsi, umunuko wacyo kandi urakariye impumuro nziza ku buzima bwabantu nibidukikije. Kubwibyo, ibihugu byinshi byafashe ingamba zo kugabanya imikoresheno. Muri Amerika, nubwo ikoreshwa rya Fenol mu nganda ryagenzuwe cyane, riracyakoreshwa cyane mu bitaro n'ibindi bigo by'ubuvuzi nk'ibihano na stesilant. Ariko, kubera uburozi bwayo bukabije hamwe nibibazo byubuzima, birasabwa ko abantu bagomba kwirinda guhura na fenol bishoboka.