Acronyms

CEC	Commission of the European Communities
CEFIC	European Chemical Industry Council, Brussels
CFC	chlorofluorocarbon
CHEMISEED	Chemical Industry-Sustain-able Economic and Ecological Development programme
CICAD	Concise International ChemicalA ssessment Documents
CICH	Canadian Institute of Child Health, Ottawa
CMA	Chemical Manufacturers Association, USA
DDT	dichlorodiphenyl trichloroethane
DETR	Department of the Environment, Transport and Regions, London
DoE	Department of the Environment, London
EA	Environment Agency, England and Wales
EDF	Environmental Defense Fund, Washington
EEA	European Environment Agency, Copenhagen
EC	European Commission
ECB	European Chemicals Bureau
ECMT	European Conference of Ministers of Transport
ECU	European currency unit
EDS	endocrine-disrupting substances
EHP	Environmental Health Perspectives, N. Carolina, USA
EINECS	European Inventory of Existing Commercial Chemical Substances
ELINCS	European List of Notified Chemical Substances (lists "new" substances)
EPA	Environmental Protection Agency, Washington
EU	European Union
EU15	All 15 Member States of the EU
FAO	Food and Agricultural Organization (UN
GDP	gross domestic product
H P V C s	high production volume chemicals
HSE	Health and Safety Executive, London
ICEM	International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mining and General Workers Unions, Geneva
IFCS	International Forum on Chemical Safety
ILO	International Labour Organisation
IPCS	International Programme on Chemical Safety
IPCC	Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, UN
IUCLID	International Uniform Chemical Information Database. European Chemicals Bureau of the ECs Joint Research Centre.
JOCP	Journal of Cleaner Production (Elsevier), Amsterdam
KEMI	The Swedish National Chemicals Inspectorate, Stockholm
LRTAP	Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution
MSF	Manufacturing Science Finance Union, London
NAS	National Academy of Sciences, USA
NONS	Notification of New Substances Directive Enforcement Project
NRC	National Research Council, Washington
NRDC	National Resources Defense Council, Washington
OECD	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
PAHs	polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
PCBs	polychlorinated biphenyls
PIC	prior informed consent
PRTR	Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers
POPs	persistent organic pollutants
RSPB	Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, UK
SENSE	Solid Enforcement of Substances in Europe
UCB	Institute of Allergy, Brussels
UN	United Nations
UNECE	United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
UNEP	United Nations Environment Programme
VOCs	volatile organic compounds
WBCSD	World Business Council for Sustainable Development
WRI	World Resources Institute, Washington