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Advice and guidance on the health needs of migrant patients for healthcare practitioners.
Information on depleted uranium (DU) including what it is, its uses, health effects and protection from exposure.
Guidance for manufacturers on placing batteries and accumulators on the market.
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...
How to identify and classify waste that contains POPs.
Class and permitted use of passenger ships, cargo ships, tankers, tugs, tenders, fishing boats, yachts, commercial vessels, and the required certificates.
What you need to do before you send waste to a landfill site.
How to apply for an exemption to use a restricted substance to manufacture electrical and electronic equipment.
Emerging techniques on how to prevent or minimise the environmental impacts of hydrogen production by electrolysis of water.
Paper and cardboard production can cause significant pollution. This guide describes industry responsibilities for preventing pollution.
Get relief if you’re importing biological and chemical substances for research purposes from outside the EU and UK.
The UK government's design principles and examples of how they've been used.
Chemical hazards and poisons information for health and emergency professionals involved in chemical incident response and preparedness.
Information on methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) (also known as 2-butanone) for use in responding to chemical incidents.
Climate change is happening and is due to human activities; along with warming, many other changes are occurring such as melting polar ice, rising sea levels and more frequent floods, droughts and heatwaves.
The CMA is investigating suspected anti-competitive conduct in relation to the supply of chemical admixtures and additives for use in concrete, cement, mortars and related construction products under Chapter I CA98.
Information for companies on the import and export of controlled drugs to and from the UK.
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