Guidance

Naphthalene: health effects, incident management and toxicology

Information on naphthalene (also called naphthene or naphthalin), for responding to chemical incidents.

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UK Health Security Agency
Published
1 July 2014
Last updated
12 December 2024 — See all updates

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Naphthalene: general information

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Naphthalene: toxicological overview

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Naphthalene: incident management

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Updates to this page

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

  1. 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. Updated general information document.

  3. Updated incident management document.

  4. First published.

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