Guidance

Sulphur dioxide: health effects and incident management

Information on sulphur dioxide, for use in responding to chemical incidents.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Published: 1 July 2014
• Last updated: 23 January 2025 — See all updates

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Sulphur dioxide: general information

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Sulphur dioxide: incident management

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Published 1 July 2014

Last updated 23 January 2025 + show all updates

1. 23 January 2025

   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. 8 November 2016

   Updated incident management document.

3. 20 October 2015

   Updated incident management guidance.

4. 1 July 2014

   First published.