Guidance

Hydrogen sulphide: properties, incident management and toxicology

Information on hydrogen sulphide (also known as hydrosulphuric acid, sulphur hydride or dihydrogen monosulphide) for use in responding to chemical incidents.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Published: 1 July 2014
• Last updated: 21 November 2024 — See all updates

Documents

Hydrogen sulphide: general information

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Hydrogen sulphide: toxicological overview

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Hydrogen sulphide: incident management

Ref: GOV-17360

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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 21 November 2024 + show all updates

1. 21 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

   Updated 'Hydrogen sulphide: incident management' document.

3. 13 December 2016

   Updated toxicological overview.

4. 1 July 2014

   First published.