Guidance

Mercury: health effects, incident management and toxicology

Information about mercury, for use in responding to chemical incidents.

From:
UK Health Security Agency
Published
13 January 2012
Last updated
8 June 2022 — See all updates

Documents

Mercury: general information

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Mercury: incident management

Ref: UKHSA publications gateway number: GOV-12416 PDF, 689 KB, 23 pages

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Elemental mercury and inorganic mercury: toxicological overview

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

Published 13 January 2012
Last updated 8 June 2022 + show all updates

  1. Updated general information and incident management.

  2. Updated incident management document.

  3. Upload mercury: general information.

  4. Updated toxicological overview, as part of routine review.

  5. Updated incident management advice, as part of routine review.

  6. First published.

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