Guidance

Vinyl chloride: health effects, incident management and toxicology

Information on vinyl chloride (VC) (also known as chloroethylene), for use in responding to chemical incidents.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Published: 1 July 2014
• Last updated: 25 April 2024 — See all updates

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Vinyl chloride: general information

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Vinyl chloride: incident management

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Vinyl chloride: toxicological overview

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

Published 1 July 2014

Last updated 25 April 2024 + show all updates

1. 25 April 2024

   On 25 April 2024, the format of this page was updated. No significant changes were made to the content

2. 27 December 2018

   Updated 'vinyl chloride: incident management' leaflet.

3. 16 November 2017

   Updated general information document.

4. 1 July 2014

   First published.