Guidance

Phosgene: health effects, incident management and toxicology

Information on phosgene (also known as carbonic dichloride, carbonyl chloride or chloroformyl chloride), for responding to chemical incidents.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Published: 1 July 2014
• Last updated: 5 November 2024 — See all updates

Documents

Phosgene: general information

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Phosgene: toxicological overview

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Phosgene: incident management

Ref: GOV-17378

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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.

 

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Published 1 July 2014

Last updated 5 November 2024 + show all updates

1. 5 November 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 phosgene: general information.

4. 11 May 2016

   Updated version of incident management.

5. 16 February 2016

   Updated toxicological overview.

6. 1 July 2014

   First published.