Annex 2. Abbreviations of International Bodies and Legislation
ACGIH: American Conference of Governmental Industrial HygienistsACTS: HSE Advisory Committee on Toxic Substances (GBR)
ASHRAE: American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (USA)
BCR: Bureau Communautaire de Référence (Bruxelles)
BIBRA: British Industrial Biological Research Association
CCFA: Codex Committee on Food Additives
CCPR: Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues
CDC: Cancer Detection Centre
CEC: Commission of the European Communities
CERCLA: Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (USA)
CHIP: Classification, Hazard Information and Packaging (GBR)
COC: Committee on Carcinogenicity (GBR)
COM: Committee on Mutagenicity (GBR)
COPR: Control of Pesticides Regulations (GBR)
COSHH: Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (GBR)
COT: Committee on Toxicity (GBR)
CPL: Classification, Packaging and Labelling
CSM: Committee on Safety of Medicines (GBR)
EC: European Community, European Commission
EEC: European Economic Community
EIA: Environmental Impact Assessment
EINECS: European Inventory of Existing Chemical Substances
EIS: Environmental Impact Statement
EPA: Environmental Protection Agency (USA), same as USEPA
FAC: MAFF Foods Advisory Committee (GBR)
FAO: Food and Agricultural Organization
FDA: Food and Drug Administration (USA)
FONSI: Finding of No Significant Impact (USA)
FSC: Food Safety Council, Washington DC (USA)
GEMS: Global Environmental Monitoring System
HSC: Health and Safety Commission (GBR)
HSE: Health and Safety Executive (GBR)
IAEA: International Atomic Energy Agency
IARC: International Agency for Research on Cancer
ICRP: International Commission on Radiological Protection
ICSU: International Council of Scientific Unions
IFCC: International Federation of Clinical Chemists
ILO: International Labour Office
IPCS: International Programme on Chemical Safety
IRIS: Integrated Risk Information System (USA)
IRPTC: International Register of Potentially Toxic Chemicals
ISO: International Organization for Standardization
IUTOX: International Union for Toxicology
JECFA: Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives
JMPR: Joint FAO/WHO Meeting on Pesticide Residues
MAFF: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (GBR)
MARC: Monitoring and Risk Assessment Centre (GBR)
NBS: National Bureau of Standards (USA), now NIST
NIH: National Institutes of Health (USA)
NIOSH: National Institute of Occupational Safety & Health (USA)
NIST: National Institute of Standards and Technology (USA), formerly NBS
NRC: National Research Council (USA)
OECD: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
OMS: Organisation Mondiale de la Santé, same as WHO
OSHA: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (USA and/or GBR)
PSPS: Pesticides Safety Precautions Scheme (GBR)
RSC: The Royal Society of Chemistry (GBR)
RCRA: Resource Concentration and Recovery Act (USA)
SCOPE: Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (ICSU)
UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme
USEPA: United States Environmental Protection Agency, same as EPA
USNRC: US National Research Council
WHO: World Health Organization, same as OMS