Guidance

Dioxins: health effects, incident management and toxicology

Information on 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD), a dioxin compound, for use in responding to chemical incidents.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Published: 1 July 2014
• Last updated: 12 November 2024 — See all updates

Documents

Dioxins: general information

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Dioxins: toxicological overview

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Dioxins: 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.

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Published 1 July 2014
Last updated 12 November 2024 + show all updates

1. 12 November 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 'Dioxins: general information, incident management and toxicology' and updated Dioxins: incident management.

3. 1 July 2014

   First published.