Guidance

Formic acid: health effects and incident management

Information on formic acid (also known as hydrogen carboxylic acid, formylic acid, aminic acid) for use in responding to chemical incidents.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Published: 1 July 2014
• Last updated: 28 November 2024
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  1. 28 November 2024

     The content of the Incident Management document has been updated. The General Information page has undergone a format update – the content within this page has remained unchanged.

  2. 8 January 2019

     Updated 'Formic acid: general information'.

  3. 10 November 2016

     Updated incident management document.

  4. 1 October 2015

     Updated incident management document.

  5. 1 July 2014

     First published.

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