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AAP AAC Association des Amidonneries de Céréales de l`UE AAFG AAGR Average Annual Growth Rate ABIQUIM Associaçao Brasilera da Indústria Química , Brazil ABM ABS absorption Penetration of one substance into the inner structure of another substance ACC 1. American Chemistry Council. 2. Abel Closed Cup, a flash point test method Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI) The highest tolerable daily intake of a substance, expressed in mg/kg bodyweight, which does not represent a health risk over the entire lifespan, calculated on the basis of all currently available data. ALSO: Tolerable Daily Intake (TDI) accidental chemical release Unplanned, sudden releases of chemicals from manufacturing, processing, handling and on-site storage facilities to the air, water or land. It does not include permitted or other releases ACEA Association des Constructeurs Européens d`Automobiles / European Automobile Manufacturers Association acetaldehyde An aldehyde used as a starting material in the synthesis of acetic acid, n-butyl alcohol, ethyl acetate, and other chemical compounds acetate acetic acid Acetic acid is a key organic intermediate used in the preparation of metal acetates, used in some printing processes; vinyl acetate; acetic anhydride; and volatile organic esters, such as ethyl and butyl acetates acetic anhydride The most important of the organic anhydrides, used to manufacture pain-relieving pharmaceuticals (aspirin, paracetamol), modified starches, emulsifiers, liquid crystal polymers, dyestuffs and cellulose acetate, a major ingredient in photographic films and textiles acetone An organic solvent of industrial and chemical significance, acetone is capable of dissolving many fats, resins and cellulose esters. It is used extensively in the manufacture of artificial fibres and explosives, as a chemical intermediate in pharmaceuticals, and as a solvent for vinyl and acrylic resins, lacquers, paints, inks, cosmetics (such as n... acetyl Any chemical compound with an acetate group ACGIH American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists ACH Acetone cyano-hydrine BADGE BAF See Bioaccumulation Factor (BAF/B-factor) BAMM Basic Acrylic Monomer Manufacturers Association (USA) BAP Biotechnology Action Programme bar Unit of pressure. Normal atmospheric pressure = 1.013 bar (=1013 mbar) Basel Convention Adopted in 1989 and entered into force on 5 May 1992, the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal is working to minimise the generation of hazardous wastes and control their movement BAT BATNEEC Best Available Techniques Not Entailing Excessive Cost BBP Butyl-benzyl-phthalate BCDTA British Chemical Distributors and Traders Association BCF BCR Bureau Communautaire de Référence BEE Bureau Européen de l`Environnement BEI BELINTRA Belgian Intervention System for Transportation Accidents benzene Benzene is the simplest aromatic compound, with a ring of six carbon atoms and six hydrogen atoms. It is a colourless liquid occurring naturally in fossil raw materials such as crude oil and coal, produced during processing of petroleum liquids and through chemical reactions. It is one of the most important feedstocks for the chemical industry, use... BEPs See Best Environmental Practices (BEPs) Best Available Techniques (BAT) Best Available Technology (BAT) See Best Available Techniques (BAT) Best Environmental Practices (BEPs) The application of the most appropriate combination of environmental control measures or strategies in order to reduce the impact of specific substances or applications CA CA site Civic amenity site CAIA Chemical and Allied Industries Association (South Africa) CAIR Comprehensive Assessment Information Rule CAN Calcium ammonium nitrate CAP 1. Common Agriculture Policy. The name given to the European Union's agriculture policy. A basic aim of the CAP has been to provide efficient farmers with an income comparable to that of people outside farming, in the service and industrial sectors, while ensuring that consumers receive adequate supplies of food at reasonable prices. The policy is ... capacity building The strengthening and/or development of human resources and institutional capacities caprolactam carbohydrate Any member of a very abundant and widespread class of natural organic substances, compounds of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, that includes the sugars, starch, and cellulose carbon An element forming a large number of compounds, many of which have important uses. Diamond and graphite are amongst the main forms of carbon. Coals are elemental carbon mixed with varying amounts of carbon compounds; coke and charcoal are nearly pure carbon. All organic compounds, such as proteins, carbohydrates, and fats, contain carbon, and all p... carbon dioxide (CO2) A colourless, non-poisonous gas that is a normal part of the ambient air. Carbon dioxide is formed in combustion of fossil fuel and carbon-containing materials, in fermentation, and in respiration of animals and employed by plants in the photosynthesis of carbohydrates carbon tetrachloride Carbon tetrachloride is produced by the high temperature chlorination of propylene or methane. It is used as a feedstock in the production of CFCs, HCFCs and HFCs, as a process agent in the production of chlorine, to extract nitrogen trichloride, and as a solvent to recover chlorine from tail gas. It has been phased out in dispersive uses since 199... carcinogen A substance or agent capable of causing cancer CARE Consortium for Automotive Recycling CAS 1. Chemical Abstracts Service. CAS® is the producer of the world's largest and most comprehensive databases of chemical information. It is a division of the American Chemical Society. The principal databases now include over 18 million document records and more than 32 million substance records respectively. 2. Chicago Academy of Science CAs Meeting Competent Authorities Meeting; meeting of senior representatives of the competent authorities of the EU member states; chaired by DG Environment CAS number DAC Derived Air Concentration Dangerous Goods Class Class allocated to substances according to the hazard they present during transport (see UN Recommandations on the transport of Dangerous Goods) DBP DD Oral Discriminatory Dose for mammals DDA DDT DEA Diethanolamine. See ethanolamine debottlenecking Increasing production capacity of existing facilities through the modification of existing equipment to remove throughput restrictions. Debottlenecking generally increases capacity for a fraction of the cost of building new facilities DECHEMA German Society for Chemical Apparatus, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology decomposition Breakdown of a material or substance (by heat, chemical reaction, electrolysis, decay or other processes) defatting DEFRA UK Department for Environment and Rural Affairs DEGBE DEGBEA DEGDBE DEGDME DEGEE DEGHE DEGME DEHP Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate. See phthalate EA Environment Agency EAA European Adjuvant Association (to pesticides) EAC 1. External Affairs Committee. 2. European Aminocarboxylates Committee. more 3. Emergency Action Code (Hazchem) EACEM European Association of Consumer Electronics Manufacturers EAG 1. Ethyl Alcohol Group. more 2. Expert Advisory Group EAN International Article Numbering Association EASE Estimation and Assessment for Substance Exposure EASSP European Association for Study of Safety Problems in production and use of propellants EASST Environmental Advisory Service for Technology Transfer EATP European Association for Textile Polyolefins EB/UV Electronic Beam/Ultraviolet EBAM European Basic Acrylic Monomer Group EBFRIP EBMA European Butylated Hydroxytoluene Manufacturers Association EBPF EBW Exposure Based Waiving EC 1. European Communities. The forerunner of the EU. 2. European Commission EC - Number EINECS or ELINCS Number (see also EINECS and Elincs) ECA or EChA European Chemicals Agency FAC Food Advisory Committee (UK) facility (US) A site used for chemical manufacturing, processing, refining, packaging, R&D, distribution or related commercial activity FAIA Food Additives Industry Association FAO The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations; one of the largest specialised agencies in the United Nations system and the lead agency for agriculture, forestry, fisheries and rural development. An intergovernmental organisation, FAO has 180 member countries plus one member organisation, the European Community FASEB Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology FCA FCC FCIO Fachverband der Chemischen Industrie Osterreichs (Austrian chemical industry federation) FDA Food and Drug Administration (USA) FDF Food and Drink Federation FDI Foreign Direct Investment FDIC Food and Drink Industries Council FEAD European Federation of Waste Management FEBI Fédération d`Entreprise par Branche d`Industrie FECC Fédération Européenne du Commerce Chimique / European Association of Chemical Distributors FECS Federation of European Chemical Societies FEDERCHIMICA Federazione Nazionale dell`Industria Chimica (Italian chemical industry federation) FEDES European Flexible Packaging Federation FEDESA Fédération Européenne de la Santé Animale / European Federation for Animal Health FEDICHEM gametes A collective term used to describe both male and female germ cells, the sperm and ova gas gasoil gasoline Also called gas or petrol, gasoline is a mixture of volatile, flammable liquid hydrocarbons derived from petroleum, with or without small quantities of additives, and used as motor fuel. It is also used as a solvent for oils and fats. ALSO: gas; petrol GATS General Agreement on Trade in Services GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (UN organisation) GCP GCPF Global Crop Protection Federation (formerly the GIFAP) GDP Gross Domestic Product GE gelatin General System of Preferences (GSP) A system of tariff preferences designed to encourage the expansion of manufactured and semi-manufactured exports from developing countries. It is part of the tariff structures of numerous developed countries. The program covers a broad spectrum of agricultural, manufactured, and semimanufactured products, but stipulates that certain products may no... Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) See General System of Preferences (GSP) GESAMP Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Pollution (International Maritime Organisation) GGCB GHG See greenhouse gas (GHG) GHS Globally Harmonised System (for the Classification and Labelling of Chemicals) GIFAP The International Group of National Associations of Manufacturers of Agrochemical Products (now the GCPF) GINC Global Information Network on Chemicals HACCP Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point HACI Hellenic Association of Chemical Industries HARRPA HASAWA Health and Safety at Work Act, 1974 hazard The hazard associated with a chemical is its intrinsic ability to cause an adverse effect. It should be compared to risk, which is the chance that such effects will occur. Whilst a chemical may have hazardous properties, provided it is handled safely under contained conditions, any risk to human health or the environment is extremely low hazard assessment Hazard identification and establishment of dose-response relationship for observed adverse effects in the specified (eco)toxicological endpoints hazard identification Identification of the adverse effects which a substance has an inherent capacity to cause hazard warning Hazardous and Noxious Substances Convention (HNS Convention) Convention drawn up by the International Maritime Organisation in May 1996. The two-tier convention provides compensation for loss or damage resulting from pollution, fire or explosion threatened or caused by hazardous and noxious substances. The convention introduces strict liability of the shipowner and a system of compulsory ins... hazardous chemical HAZOP Hazard and Operability Study HCFC Hydrochlorofluorocarbon HCl HCN Hydrogen cyanide HCS Hazard Communication Standards (USA) HDPE health hazard A chemical for which there is statistically significant evidence based on at least one study conducted in accordance with established scientific principles that acute or chronic health effects may occur in exposed employees HEDSET Harmonised Electronic Data Set. The European Council Regulation (EEC) 793/93 requires producers and importers of chemical substances to submit to the European Commission data concerning a number of chemicals, if the production or import volume exceeds certain limits. This serves to evaluate and control the risks of existing substances. The data mus... HERA heterogenous catalysis In heterogenous catalysis, the reagents combine and transform at the interface between the gas or liquid and the surface of the catalyst. Compare with homogenous catalysis IAOIA International Antimony Oxide Industry Association IARC International Agency for Research on Cancer (Lyon, France). An agency of the World Health Organisation (WHO) IATA International Air Transport Association. Sets standards for the carriage of goods by air IBC Intermediate Bulk Container IBC Code International Code for the Construction and equipment of ships carrying dangerous chemicals in bulk IC NIRP International Committee on Non-Ionising Radiation Protection ICAO ICC International Chamber of Commerce ICCA ICCS International Conference on Chemical Safety ICE ICEM International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers` Unions (Geneva) ICER Industry Council for Electronic Equipment Recycling ICG Intersessional Correspondence Group ICHCA International Cargo Handling Co-ordination Association IChemE Institution of Chemical Engineers ICME International Council on Metals and the Environment ICRCL International Committee on the Redevelopment of Contaminated Land ICSC International Chemical Safety Cards IDF United Nations Industrial Development Fund JCIA Japan Chemical Industry Association JECFA Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives; joint Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) / World Health Organization (WHO) Expert Committee on Food Additives; JECFA is the international expert committee that has been meeting since 1956 to evaluate the safety of food additives, residues of veterinary drugs in food, naturally occ... JETOC Japanese Chemical Industry Ecology and Toxicology Centre JIC Joint Industrial Council (chemicals) JICDM Joint Implementation and Clean Development Mechanism JMPR Joint Meeting on Pesticide Residues; joint Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) / World Health Organization (WHO) meeting JPCA Japan Petrochemical Industry Association JRC Joint Research Centre of the European Commission JSA Job Safety Analysis JSIA Japanese Styrene Industry Association KECI Korean Existing Chemicals Inventory (set up under the Toxic Chemicals Control Law) ketone An important starting material and intermediate in organic synthesis. Many ketones of industrial significance are used as solvents, perfumes, and flavouring agents or as intermediates in the manufacture of plastics, dyes, and pharmaceuticals KPI Key Performance Indicators KPIA Korean Petrochemical Industry Association KT RY Kemianteollisuus (Finnish chemical industry federation) LAB LAS latex (pl. latices) A water emulsion of a synthetic rubber or plastic obtained by polymerisation and used especially in coatings, paints and adhesives. Latices include a binder dispersed in the water and form films by fusion of the plastic particles as the water evaporates. Properties of these films, such as hardness, flexibility, toughness, adhesion, colour retention... LC50 Median Lethal Concentration. A statistically derived concentration that can be expected to cause death in 50% of animals exposed for a specific time LCA Life Cycle Assessment. ALSO: Life Cycle Analysis LCI Life Cycle Inventory LCP Large Combustion Plant LCPD Large Combustion Plant Directive LD50 Median Lethal Dose. Statistically derived single dose that can be expected to cause death in 50% of dosed animals LDPE | SearchTyp a word and hit `Search`.
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