Guidance

Benzene: health effects, incident management, and toxicology

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

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Published: 1 July 2014
• Last updated: 4 October 2024
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  1. 4 October 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. 14 August 2019

     Updated incident management document.

  3. 1 April 2019

     Updated general information document.

  4. 18 October 2016

     Uploaded benzene: general information.

  5. 11 May 2016

     Updated version of incident management and removed compilation PDF.

  6. 1 July 2014

     First published.

Documents

Benzene: general information

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Benzene: toxicological overview

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Incident management

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This content was originally produced by Public Health England (PHE). This content is now owned and managed by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA).

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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