Guidance

Mercury: health effects, incident management and toxicology

Information about mercury, for use in responding to chemical incidents.

Documents

Mercury: incident management

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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 13 January 2012
Last updated 8 June 2022 + show all updates
  1. Updated general information and incident management.

  2. Updated incident management document.

  3. Upload mercury: general information.

  4. Updated toxicological overview, as part of routine review.

  5. Updated incident management advice, as part of routine review.

  6. First published.