Guidance

Styrene: health effects, incident management and toxicology

Information on styrene (also known as ethenylbenzene, styrolene, phenylethylene, vinylbenzene) for use in responding to chemical incidents.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Published: 1 July 2014
• Last updated: 14 November 2024 — See all updates

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Styrene: general information

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Styrene: toxicological overview

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Styrene: incident management

Ref: GOV-17537

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Published 1 July 2014
Last updated 14 November 2024 + show all updates

1. 14 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. 16 November 2017

   Updated general information document.

3. 13 June 2017

   Updated incident management.

4. 1 July 2014

   First published.