Guidance

Vinyl chloride: health effects, incident management and toxicology

Information on vinyl chloride (VC) (also known as chloroethylene), for use in responding to chemical incidents.

Documents

Vinyl chloride: incident management

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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.

Updates to this page

Published 1 July 2014
Last updated 25 April 2024 + show all updates
  1. On 25 April 2024, the format of this page was updated. No significant changes were made to the content

  2. Updated 'vinyl chloride: incident management' leaflet.

  3. Updated general information document.

  4. First published.

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