Guidance

Methane: health effects and incident management

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

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Published: 1 July 2014
• Last updated: 28 October 2024 — See all updates

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Methane: general information

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Methane: incident management

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Published 1 July 2014
Last updated 28 October 2024 + show all updates

1. 28 October 2024

   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 January 2019

   Updated 'methane: general information' document.

3. 10 November 2016

   Updated incident management document.

4. 20 October 2015

   Updated incident management guidance.

5. 1 July 2014

   First published.