Guidance

Petrol: incident management and toxicology

Information on petrol (also known as gasoline), for use in responding to chemical incidents.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Published: 1 July 2014
• Last updated: 29 October 2024 — See all updates

Documents

Petrol: toxicological overview

Ref: GOV-17528

HTML

Petrol: incident managment

Ref: GOV-17528

PDF, 210 KB, 20 pages

Details

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 29 October 2024 + show all updates

1. 29 October 2024

   The content of the Incident Management document has been updated. Toxicological Overview page has undergone a HTML format update – the content within this page has remained unchanged.

2. 31 May 2024

   'Petrol: general information' document removed due to new UKHSA guidance superseding it.

3. 14 August 2019

   Updated incident management document.

4. 18 October 2016

   Uploaded petrol: general information.

5. 11 May 2016

   Updated version of incident management and removed compilation PDF.

6. 1 July 2014

   First published.