Guidance

Hydrogen cyanide: health effects, incident management and toxicology

Information on hydrogen cyanide (HCN) for use in responding to chemical incidents.

From:
UK Health Security Agency
Published
1 July 2014
Last updated
14 August 2024 — See all updates

Documents

Hydrogen cyanide: general information

HTML

Hydrogen Cyanide: toxicological overview

HTML

Hydrogen cyanide: incident management

Ref: GOV-17148

PDF, 565 KB, 26 pages

Details

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

Updates to this page

Published 1 July 2014
Last updated 14 August 2024 + show all updates

  1. Incident management content has been updated. General Information and Toxicological Overview have been changed from PDF to HTML - the content is otherwise unchanged.

  2. Updated page to UKHSA. No change to content.

  3. Replaced general information guidance PDF with HTML format.

  4. Updated incident management document.

  5. Updated general information document.

  6. Uploaded hydrogen cyanide: general information.

  7. Updated incident management advice as part of routine review.

  8. Updated toxicological overview.

  9. First published.

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