Guidance

Diesel: health effects, incident management and toxicology

Information on diesel, for use in responding to chemical incidents.

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

Documents

Diesel: general information

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Diesel: toxicological overview

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Diesel: incident management

Ref: GOV-17432

PDF, 307 KB, 20 pages

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This content was originally produced by Public Health England (PHE). This content is now owned and managed by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA).

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

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

1. 10 October 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. 14 August 2019

   Updated 'Diesel: incident management'.

3. 18 October 2016

   Uploaded diesel: general information.

4. 11 May 2016

   Updated version of incident management and removed compilation PDF.

5. 1 July 2014

   First published.