Guidance

Ethylene glycol: health effects, incident management and toxicology

Information on ethylene glycol (also known as 1,2-ethanediol, ethane-1,2-diol, or mono ethyl glycol) for use in responding to chemical incidents.

Documents

Ethylene glycol: general information

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Ethylene glycol: incident management

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Ethylene glycol: toxicological overview

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Details

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 14 August 2019 + show all updates
  1. Updated 'Ethylene glycol: incident management'.

  2. Uploaded ethylene glycol: general information.

  3. Updated version of incident management.

  4. Updated toxicological overview.

  5. First published.