Guidance

Dichloromethane: general information and incident management

Information about dichloromethane for use in responding to chemical incidents.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Published: 1 July 2014
• Last updated: 27 February 2025 — See all updates

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Dichloromethane: general information

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Dichloromethane: 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.

Dichloromethane is also known as methylene chloride and DCM.

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Published 1 July 2014

Last updated 27 February 2025 + show all updates

1. 27 February 2025

   The content of the Incident Management document has been updated. The General Information page has undergone a HTML format update – the content within this page has remained unchanged.

2. 8 December 2021

   Replaced the incident management document with the updated version.

3. 16 May 2017

   Added general information.

4. 8 November 2016

   Updated incident management document.

5. 22 January 2016

   Updated incident management guidance.

6. 1 July 2014

   First published.