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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 |