Uncontrolled release of a chemical from its containment that either threatens to or causes exposure to a chemical hazard. Such an incident may occur accidentally or deliberately.

Annotation

for release resulting in disaster, coordinate with DISASTERS; for deliberate release of chemicals, coordinate CHEMICAL HAZARD RELEASE with TERRORISM; specify geographic location

DUI

D055884 MeSH Browser

CUI

M0521979

Previous indexing

Accidents (1986-2008)

History note

2009

Public note

2009