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Controlled chemicals, drug precursor chemicals and hazardous chemicals.
Resource for the public and those professionals responding to chemical incidents, including emergency services and public health professionals.
Get help to classify organic chemicals that contain certain permitted additives or can be dissolved in water, for import and export.
This series brings together all documents relating to Chemicals: risk reduction strategies
Guidance for those producing, processing, consuming, importing or exporting chemicals covered by the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)
Chemical hazards and poisons information for health and emergency professionals involved in chemical incident response and preparedness.
The Committee on Mutagenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COM) assesses and advises on mutagenic risks to humans. COM is an advisory non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department of Health and Social Care and the...
This report series contains substantial scientific work carried out by the Health Protection Agency Chemical Hazards and Poisons Division.
Substances that are classed as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and when you're allowed to use them.
How the UK government and devolved governments propose to work together on chemicals and pesticide policies and regulation.
Details about the Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals (REACH) defence exemption process within the MOD.
The Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COT) is an independent scientific committee that provides advice to the Food Standards Agency, the Department of Health and other government bodies on matters concerning the toxicity...
Licence and registration application information for companies that deal in precursor chemicals.
This document (RCE-3) presents the conclusions of a review of the basis for establishing health-based protection criteria in the areas of chemicals, ionising radiation, and non-ionising radiation.
Groups of ODS with their ozone-depleting potential.
This series brings together all documents providing updates on standards and technical documents issued by CEN.
A to Z on content relating to chemical hazards.
Five guidance statements on testing chemicals with no or inadequate genotoxicity data.
Information for professionals involved in reducing health harms associated with air pollution.
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