Guidance

Asbestos: health effects, incident management and toxicology

Information on asbestos, for use in responding to chemical incidents.

Documents

Asbestos: 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.

Published 1 July 2014
Last updated 4 March 2024 + show all updates
  1. Updated the guidance documents and converted to HTML.

  2. Updated incident management and general information documents.

  3. Updated toxicological overview document.

  4. First published.