Guidance

Hydrogen peroxide: properties, incident management and toxicology

Information on hydrogen peroxide (also known as dihydrogen dioxide, hydrogen dioxide, hydroperoxide) 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 and Toxicological Overview pages have undergone a HTML format update – the content within these pages has remained unchanged.

  2. 7 August 2018

     Removed 'Hydrogen peroxide: general information, incident management and toxicology' document and updated 'Hydrogen peroxide: incident management'.

  3. 1 July 2014

     First published.

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Hydrogen peroxide: general information

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Hydrogen peroxide: toxicological overview

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Hydrogen peroxide: incident management

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