Guidance

Acetylene: health effects, incident management and toxicology

Information on acetylene (also known as ethyne) for use in responding to chemical incidents.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Published: 1 July 2014
• Last updated: 10 December 2024 — See all updates

Documents

Acetylene: general information

HTML

Acetylene: toxicological overview

HTML

Acetylene: incident management

Ref: GOV-17640

PDF, 301 KB, 15 pages

Details

These documents provide information on the health effects of exposure, the chemical’s toxicity and material for responding to a chemical incident.

Feedback survey

Help us improve the compendium of chemical hazards by taking our short survey.

Published 1 July 2014
Last updated 10 December 2024 + show all updates

1. 10 December 2024

   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. 7 August 2018

   Removed 'Acetylene: general information, incident management and toxicology' and updated 'Acetylene: incident management'.

3. 1 July 2014

   First published.