Guidance

Formaldehyde: health effects, incident management and toxicology

Information on formaldehyde (also known as methanal and methylene glycol) for use in responding to chemical incidents.

From:
UK Health Security Agency
Published
1 July 2014
Last updated
22 July 2024 鈥� See all updates

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Formaldehyde: general information

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Ref: GOV-16659

PDF, 370 KB, 21 pages

Formaldehyde: toxicological overview

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皇冠体育appse documents provide information on the health effects of exposure, the chemical鈥檚 toxicity and material for responding to a chemical incident.

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Published 1 July 2014
Last updated 22 July 2024 show all updates

  1. 皇冠体育app 'general overview' and 'toxicological information' have been converted from pdf to html format, no changes were made to the content. 皇冠体育app 'incident management' content has been updated.

  2. Updated general information document.

  3. Updated incident management document.

  4. Removed 'Formaldehyde: general information, incident management and toxicology' as the toxicology guidance has been updated.

  5. Updated toxicological overview.

  6. First published.

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