Guidance

Chloroform: health effects, incident management and toxicology

Information on chloroform (also known as trichloromethane or methyl trichloride), for use in responding to chemical incidents.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Published: 30 July 2014
• Last updated: 6 August 2024 — See all updates

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Chloroform: general information

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Chloroform: incident management

Ref: GOV-16171

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Chloroform: toxicological overview

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Details

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

Published 30 July 2014
Last updated 6 August 2024 + show all updates

1. 6 August 2024

   Updated 'Chloroform: incident management' content. Changed 'toxicological overview' from PDF to HTML format, no updates were made to the content.

2. 16 November 2017

   Updated general information document.

3. 13 June 2017

   Updated incident management.

4. 30 July 2014

   First published.