Guidance

Ethylene glycol: properties, incident management and toxicology

Information on ethylene glycol (also known as 1,2-ethanediol, ethane-1,2-diol, or mono ethyl glycol) for use in responding to chemical incidents.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Published: 1 July 2014
• Last updated: 17 October 2024
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  1. 17 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 in these pages has remained unchanged.

  2. 14 August 2019

     Updated 'Ethylene glycol: incident management'.

  3. 18 October 2016

     Uploaded ethylene glycol: general information.

  4. 11 May 2016

     Updated version of incident management.

  5. 24 August 2015

     Updated toxicological overview.

  6. 1 July 2014

     First published.

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