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Controlled chemicals, drug precursor chemicals and hazardous chemicals.
Information on benzo(a)pyrene (BaP), an indicator species for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), for use in responding to chemical incidents.
Paper and cardboard production can cause significant pollution. This guide describes industry responsibilities for preventing pollution.
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.
Chemical hazards and poisons information for health and emergency professionals involved in chemical incident response and preparedness.
The rules, paperwork and training you need to transport dangerous goods
How to identify and classify waste that contains POPs.
This report series contains substantial scientific work carried out by the Health Protection Agency Chemical Hazards and Poisons Division.
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...
Identify, describe, classify and manage waste upholstered domestic seating containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
Groups of ODS with their ozone-depleting potential.
This series brings together all documents relating to Chemicals: risk reduction strategies
List of controlled goods that follow the normal import declaration rules if HMRC apply continuity plans due to system issues.
This section describes the range of mechanisms that control the use, reduction and cessation hazardous chemicals and priority substances.
Information on depleted uranium (DU) including what it is, its uses, health effects and protection from exposure.
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