Guidance

Acetic acid: health effects and incident management

Guidance on acetic acid (also known as ethanoic acid) for use in responding to chemical incidents.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Published: 7 March 2011
• Last updated: 26 November 2024
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  1. 26 November 2024

     The content of the Incident Management document has been updated. The General Information and Toxicological Overview pages have undergone a HTML format update – the content within these pages has remained unchanged.

  2. 8 January 2019

     Replaced acetic acid general information leaflet with updated version.

  3. 10 November 2016

     Updated incident management document.

  4. 1 October 2015

     Updated incident management.

  5. 7 March 2011

     First published.

Documents

Acetic acid: general information

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Acetic acid: incident management

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These documents provide information on the health effects of exposure, the chemical’s toxicity and material for responding to a chemical incident.

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