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Chemical hazards and poisons information for health and emergency professionals involved in chemical incident response and preparedness.
Regulations to reduce the risk posed by the production, importation and storage of ammonium nitrate.
How businesses and organisations can avoid causing pollution from oil and chemical storage, car washing, construction and other activities.
How to identify and classify waste that contains POPs.
Information for health and emergency professionals involved in chemical incident response and preparedness.
Groups of ODS with their ozone-depleting potential.
How to classify and describe your business waste so you can know how to manage and dispose of it - what you need to do, List of Waste (LoW) codes, technical guidance.
For waste operators and exporters classifying some waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) devices, waste components, and wastes from their treatment.
How the maritime industry should treat waste at sea and in ports, reduce oil and air pollution, and control ozone-depleting substances.
Explains what is prohibited, how to describe and classify it and the duty to separate mixed waste.
Information on chloroform (also known as trichloromethane or methyl trichloride), for use in responding to chemical incidents.
Information on depleted uranium (DU) including what it is, its uses, health effects and protection from exposure.
The Committee on Mutagenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COM) assesses and advises on mutagenic risks to humans. COM is an advisory non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department of Health and Social Care and the...
Information for professionals involved in reducing health harms associated with air pollution.
This series brings together all documents relating to Chemicals: risk reduction strategies
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