Fenolni ibinyabuzima bisanzwe, bizwi kandi nka aside ya karubone.Nibara ritagira ibara cyangwa ryera kristaline ikomeye hamwe numunuko ukomeye.Ikoreshwa cyane cyane mu gukora amarangi, pigment, ibifatika, plasitike, amavuta, imiti yica udukoko, n'ibindi. Byongeye kandi, nigicuruzwa cyingenzi hagati yinganda zikora imiti.

Mu ntangiriro z'ikinyejana cya 20, wasangaga fenol ifite uburozi bukomeye ku mubiri w'umuntu, kandi ikoreshwa ryayo mu gukora imiti yica udukoko ndetse n'ibindi bicuruzwa byasimbuwe buhoro buhoro n'ibindi bintu.Mu 1930, ikoreshwa rya fenolike mu kwisiga no mu bwiherero ryarabujijwe kubera uburozi bwaryo bukomeye n'impumuro mbi.Mu myaka ya za 70, ikoreshwa rya fenol mu bikorwa byinshi by’inganda naryo ryarabujijwe kubera umwanda ukabije w’ibidukikije ndetse n’ubuzima bw’abantu.

Muri Amerika, ikoreshwa rya fenol mu nganda ryagenzuwe cyane kuva mu myaka ya za 70.Ikigo cyo muri Amerika gishinzwe kurengera ibidukikije (EPA) cyashyizeho amategeko n'amabwiriza agenga ikoreshwa ry'ikwirakwizwa rya fenolike mu rwego rwo kurengera ubuzima bw'abantu n'ibidukikije.Kurugero, ibipimo byangiza imyuka ya fenol mumazi y’amazi byasobanuwe neza, kandi ikoreshwa rya fenol mugikorwa cyo kubyaza umusaruro ryarabujijwe.Byongeye kandi, FDA (Ubuyobozi bushinzwe ibiryo n'ibiyobyabwenge) yashyizeho kandi amabwiriza agenga niba inyongeramusaruro n'ibiribwa byo kwisiga bitarimo fenol cyangwa ibiyikomokaho.

Mu gusoza, nubwo fenol ifite uburyo bwinshi bukoreshwa mubikorwa byinganda nubuzima bwa buri munsi, uburozi bwayo numunuko ukaze byangije cyane ubuzima bwabantu nibidukikije.Kubera iyo mpamvu, ibihugu byinshi byafashe ingamba zo kugabanya ikoreshwa ryabyo n’ibyuka bihumanya ikirere.Muri Amerika, nubwo ikoreshwa rya fenol mu nganda ryagenzuwe cyane, riracyakoreshwa cyane mu bitaro no mu bindi bigo by’ubuvuzi nka disinfectant and sterilant.Nyamara, kubera uburozi bwayo bwinshi ndetse n’ingaruka zishobora guhungabanya ubuzima, birasabwa ko abantu bagomba kwirinda guhura na fenol bishoboka.