Guidance

Sodium hypochlorite: incident management and toxicology

Information on sodium hypochlorite, a common bleaching agent, for use in responding to chemical incidents.

Documents

Sodium hypochlorite: incident management

Request an accessible format.
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email publications@ukhsa.gov.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

Details

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

Feedback survey

Help us improve the Compendium of Chemical Hazards by taking our short survey.

Start now

Updates to this page

Published 1 July 2014
Last updated 25 November 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 incident management document.

  3. Updated sodium hypochlorite: general information.

  4. Updated 'Sodium hypochlorite: incident management'.

  5. Updated 'Sodium hypochlorite: toxicology overview'.

  6. First published.

Sign up for emails or print this page