Guidance

Asbestos: health effects, incident management and toxicology

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

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Published: 1 July 2014
• Last updated: 25 April 2024 — See all updates

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Asbestos: general information

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Asbestos: incident management

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Asbestos: toxicological overview

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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.

On 4 March 2024, format updates were made to Asbestos: general information and Asbestos: toxicological overview. No significant changes were made to the content.

Published 1 July 2014

Last updated 25 April 2024 + show all updates

1. 25 April 2024

   On 4 March 2024, the format of this page was updated. No significant changes were made to the content. Ignore the "updated the guidance" comment from the change note.

2. 4 March 2024

   Updated the guidance documents and converted to HTML.

3. 11 July 2017

   Updated incident management and general information documents.

4. 11 July 2017

   Updated toxicological overview document.

5. 1 July 2014

   First published.