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Information about carbon tetrachloride when responding to chemical incidents.
Information about 1,2-dichloroethane for use in responding to chemical incidents.
Information on phosphine, for responding to chemical incidents.
Information on toluene diisocyanate, for use in responding to chemical incidents.
Information on xylene, for use in responding to chemical incidents.
Information on vinyl chloride (VC) (also known as chloroethylene), for use in responding to chemical incidents.
Information on sodium chlorate for use in responding to chemical incidents.
This report (PHE-CRCE-009) advises on the potential public health impacts of exposures to pollutants as a result of shale gas extraction.
Article titles, authors, keywords and links for Chemical Hazards and Poisons Report, published 2003 onward, and the Chemical Incident Report, published 1999 to 2003.
Information for health and emergency professionals involved in chemical incident response and preparedness.
A statement from the Committee on Carcinogenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COC).
A joint guidance statement from the Committees on carcinogenicity, on toxicity, and on mutagenicity of chemicals in food, consumer products and the environment (COC, COT, COM).
The EMETNET project provides a standardised protocol for the rapid risk assessment of environmental threats.
Information on protecting yourself in a chemical emergency, including how to remove chemical contamination from yourself.
An interim position paper on the safety of hydroxyanthracene derivatives for use in food by the Committee on Carcinogenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment
The e-learning module provides a summary of UK recovery handbooks for chemical and radiation incidents, and an introduction to recovery tools.
Information for health and emergency professionals involved in chemical-incident response and preparedness.
A guidance statement on identifying cancer effects of chemicals and characterising the dose-response relationship of these effects.
Covers in vivo biomarkers of genotoxicity that can be used for human carcinogenicity risk assessment. COM guidance statement (G10).
COM position statement on the COM assessment of in vitro genotoxicity of titanium dioxide.
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