Guidance

Petrol: health effects, incident management and toxicology

Information on petrol (also known as gasoline), for use in responding to chemical incidents.

Documents

Petrol: incident management

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Petrol: toxicological overview

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Details

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

Please note: ‘Petrol: general information’, previously on this page, has been superseded by updated UKHSA guidance.

Updates to this page

Published 1 July 2014
Last updated 31 May 2024 + show all updates
  1. 'Petrol: general information' document removed due to new UKHSA guidance superseding it.

  2. Updated incident management document.

  3. Uploaded petrol: general information.

  4. Updated version of incident management and removed compilation PDF.

  5. First published.

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