Guidance

Benzo(a)pyrene or PAHs: health effects and toxicology

Information on benzo(a)pyrene (BaP), an indicator species for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), for use in responding to chemical incidents.

Documents

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (benzoapyrene): toxicological overview

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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (benzoapyrene): 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.

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are a group of several hundred chemically-related environmentally persistent organic compounds.

Benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) acts as an indicator species for PAH contamination. Most of the available data refer to this compound.

Published 1 July 2014
Last updated 7 August 2018 + show all updates
  1. Updated incident management guidance.

  2. First published.