Guidance

Methyl ethyl ketone: health effects and incident management

Information on methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) (also known as 2-butanone), for use in responding to chemical incidents.

From:
Public Health England
Published:
1 July 2014
Last updated:
31 January 2019, see all updates

Documents

Methyl ethyl ketone: general information

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Methyl ethyl ketone: incident management

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Details

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

Published 1 July 2014
Last updated 31 January 2019 + show all updates

  1. Updated general information document.

  2. Updated incident management document.

  3. Updated incident management guidance.

  4. First published.

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