Guidance

Xylene: health effects and incident management

Information on xylene, for use in responding to chemical incidents.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Published: 1 July 2014
• Last updated: 4 December 2024 — See all updates

Documents

Xylene: general information

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Xylene: incident management

Ref: GOV-17747

PDF, 520 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 4 December 2024 + show all updates

1. 4 December 2024

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

2. 31 January 2019

   Updated general information document.

3. 10 November 2016

   Updated incident management document.

4. 20 October 2015

   Updated incident management guidance.

5. 1 July 2014

   First published.