Guidance

Methanol: health effects, incident management and toxicology

Information about methanol (also known as methyl alcohol, wood alcohol, carbinol), for use in chemical incidents.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Published: 13 January 2012
• Last updated: 11 October 2024
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  1. 11 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 within these pages has remained unchanged.

  2. 14 August 2019

     Updated incident management document.

  3. 18 October 2016

     Uploaded methanol: general information.

  4. 11 May 2016

     Updated version of incident management.

  5. 26 August 2015

     Updated toxicological overview, and removed compilation PDF with duplicate content.

  6. 13 January 2012

     First published.

Documents

Methanol: general information

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Methanol: toxicological overview

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Incident management: Methanol

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This content was originally produced by Public Health England (PHE). This content is now owned and managed by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA).

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

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