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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 |
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