Editing Coal tar (section)

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Coal tar causes [[sun poisoning|increased sensitivity to sunlight]],<ref name="medicinenet">{{cite web |title= Sun-Sensitive Drugs (Photosensitivity to Drugs) |url= http://www.medicinenet.com/sun-sensitive_drugs_photosensitivity_to_drugs/page5.htm |date= 2008-08-22 |page= 5 |work= MedicineNet |publisher= [[WebMD]] |access-date= 8 March 2013 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130317004507/http://www.medicinenet.com/sun-sensitive_drugs_photosensitivity_to_drugs/page5.htm |archive-date= 2013-03-17 }}</ref> so skin treated with topical coal tar preparations should be protected from sunlight.

The residue from the [[distillation]] of high-temperature coal tar, primarily a complex mixture of three or more membered condensed ring [[aromatic hydrocarbon]]s, was listed on 13 January 2010 as a [[substance of very high concern]] by the [[European Chemicals Agency]].<ref>{{cite web
 | title = Candidate List of substances of very high concern for Authorisation
 | url = https://echa.europa.eu/candidate-list-table/-/dislist/details/0b0236e1807d8743
 |website=echa.europa.eu/home
 | date = nd
 | access-date = 27 October 2021}}</ref>