Guidance

Nitric acid: health effects, incident management and toxicology

Information on nitric acid (also known as hydrogen nitrate), for responding to chemical incidents.

Documents

Nitric acid: incident management

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

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Published 1 July 2014
Last updated 7 August 2024 + show all updates
  1. The 'general information' and 'toxicological overview' content converted to HTML. The content is unchanged. The 'incident management' section has been updated.

  2. Updated toxicological overview.

  3. Updated general information document.

  4. Updated incident management.

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