Chemicals of Concern List

ACRONYMS for originating government source lists.

CA Prop 65

California Proposition 65

CAS

Chemical Abstracts Service

CMR

Carcinogenic, Mutagenic or Reproductive (Toxins)

CDC

Center for Disease Control (Maine)

DEP

Department of Environmental Protection (Maine)

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency (US)

EU

European Union

FIFRA

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (EPA)

IARC

International Agency for Research of Cancer

IRIS

Integrated Risk Information System (EPA)

NTP

National Toxicology Program (US Department of Health and Human Services)

NTP 11th ROC

National Toxicology Program Report on Carcinogens

NTP CERHR

National Toxicology Program Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Production

NWM

National Waste Minimization Program (EPA)

OSPAR

Oslo Paris Convention

PBT

Persistent Bioaccumulative and Toxic

vPvB

Very Persistent and Very Bioaccumulative

PBiT

Persistent, Bioaccumulative and inherently Toxic

REACH

Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals (European Union)

TRI

Toxics Release Inventory (EPA)

WA

Washington State