Stockholm Convention Committee Accepts Continued Use of Pentachlorophenol

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KMG-Bernuth, Inc., a subsidiary of KMG Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE: KMG), announced that the Conference of the Parties (COP) of the Stockholm Convention accepted the recommendation of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee that pentachlorophenol (penta) can continue to be produced and used as an industrial wood preservative for the treatment of utility poles and cross-arms.