Publications

Acronyms

AAQ

ambient air quality

ABS

Australian Bureau of Statistics

ACGIH

American Conference of Government Industrial Hygienists

ACT

Australian Capital Territory

ADD

attention deficit disorder

ADHD

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

ADI

acceptable daily intake

ADR

Australian Design Rule

AGAL

Australian Government Analytical Laboratories

agvet

agricultural and veterinary (chemicals)

AHMAC

Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council

AICS

Australian Inventory of Chemical Substances

AQM

air quality management

ANTS

A New Tax System

ANZECC

Australia and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council

AQM

air quality management

ARET

Accelerated Reduction/Elimination of Toxics

ARMCANZ

Agriculture and Resource Management Council of Australia and New Zealand

AS/NZS

Australian Standard/New Zealand Standard

ATP

Air Toxics Program

Avcare

National Association for Crop Protection and Animal Health

AVOCS

ambient volatile organic canister sampler

BaP

benzo[a]pyrene

BD

biodiesel

BPEM

best practice environmental management

BPER

best practice environmental regulation

Bq

becquerel

BRI

building-related illness

BRS

Bureau of Rural Sciences

BTX

benzene, toluene, xylene

CASR No.

Chemical Abstracts Service Registry Number

CBD

central business district

CCA

copper chromium arsenate

CFC

chlorofluorocarbon

CFS

chronic fatigue syndrome

CFU

colony-forming unit

CH₄

methane

CI

confidence interval

CICAD

Concise International Chemical Assessment Document

CNG

compressed natural gas

CO

carbon monoxide

CO₂

carbon dioxide

CSIRO

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

CWMC

Castlereagh Waste Management Centre

DBP

dibutyl phthalate

DDT

dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane

DEHP

di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate

DEST

Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories (Australian Commonwealth)

DGD

decision guidance document

DOAS

differential optical absorption spectroscopy

DOIZ

Dandenong Offensive Industries Zone

DNIPHE

Dutch National Institute of Public Health and the Environment

EA

Environment Australia

EASE

estimation and assessment of substance exposure

ECETOC

European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of Chemicals

EIP

environment improvement plan

ENSO

El Niño southern oscillation

EPA Victoria

Environment Protection Authority Victoria

EPO

environment protection objective

EPP

environmental protection policy

ERA

environmentally relevant activities

ETS

environmental tobacco smoke

fg

femtogram (10^-15 g)

GC/MS

gas chromatography/mass spectrometry

GVM

gross vehicle mass

HAP

hazardous air pollutant

HC

hydrocarbon

HCB

hexachlorobenzene

HDV

Heavy-duty vehicle

Hg

mercury

HPLC

high performance liquid chromatography

IAQ

indoor air quality

IARC

International Agency for Research on Cancer

ICNA

Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989

INC

Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee

IPCS

International Program on Chemical Safety

IWMP

industrial waste management policy

LDV

light-duty vehicle

LOAEL

lowest observable adverse effect level

LoD

limit of detection

LOEL

lowest observed effect level

L+-NG

liquified natural gas

LPG

liquefied petroleum gas

LSD

low sulfur diesel

MAK

Maximale Arbeitplatz-Konzentration (Germany) - maximum workplace concentration

MAQS

Metropolitan Air Quality Study

MAS

Melbourne Aerosol Study

MBE

Measures for a Better Environment

MCS

multiple chemical sensitivity

MOE

margin of exposure

MPC

maximum permissible concentration

MRL

maximum residue limit

MS

mainstream smoke

MSDS

material safety data sheet

MVEC

Motor Vehicle Environment Committee

NAPS

National Air Pollution Surveillance (Canada)

NCI

National Cancer Institute (United States)

NEHF

National Environmental Health Forum

NEPC

National Environment Protection Council

NEPM

national environment protection measure

NFF

National Farmers Federation

ng

nanogram (10^-9 g)

NGO

nongovernment organisation

NHD

Norwegian Health Directorate

NHMRC

National Health and Medical Research Council

NICNAS

National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme

NIOSH

National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (United States)

NOAEL

no observable adverse effect level

NOEL

no observed effect level

NOHSC

National Occupational Health and Safety Commission, (formerly Worksafe Australia)

NOx

oxides of nitrogen

NPI

National Pollutant Inventory

NRA

National Registration Authority for Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals

NSW EPA

New South Wales Environment Protection Authority

O₃

ozone

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

OHS

occupational health and safety

PAH

polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon

PAN

peroxyacetyl nitrate

PBT

persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic

PCB

polychlorinated biphenyl

PCDD

polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin (dioxin)

PCDF

polychlorinated dibenzofuran (furan)

pCi

pico curie

PEC

priority existing chemicals

pg

picogram (10^-12 g)

PHED

Pesticide Handlers Exposure Database

PIC

priority existing chemical

PM₁₀

particulate matter with an equivalent aerodynamic diameter of 10 micrometres or less

PM₅

particulate matter with an equivalent aerodynamic diameter of 5 micrometres or less

PM_2.5

particulate matter with an equivalent aerodynamic diameter of 2.5 micrometres or less

POEM

predictive operator exposure model

POM

polycyclic organic matter

POP

persistent organic pollutant

ppb

parts per billion

ppbv

parts per billion volume

ppm

parts per million

PPSS

Perth Photochemical Smog Study

ppt

parts per trillion

PRC

Peer Review Committee

ROC

reactive organic compound

RSP

respirable suspended particles

RVP

Reid vapour pressure

SBS

sick building syndrome

SEPP

State environment protection policy

SG

Steering Group

SHED

sealed housing for evaporative determination

SIAR

screening information data set

SO₂

sulfur dioxide

SoK

State of Knowledge Report

SPM

suspended particle matter

SS

sidestream smoke

STEL

short-term exposure limit

SUSDP

Standard for the Uniform Scheduling of Drugs and Poisons

SVOC

semivolatile organic compound

TAG

Technical Advisory Group

TAP

Technical Advisory Panel

TCDD

2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo[p]dioxin

TDI

tolerable daily intake or toluene-2,4-diisocyanate

TEQ

toxic equivalents

TGA

Therapeutic Goods Administration

TSPs

total suspended particles

TWA

time-weighted average

TVOC

total volatile organic compounds

UFFI

urea-formaldehyde foam insulation

mg

micrograms (10^-6 g)

UK HSE

United Kingdom Health and Safety Executive

ULS

ultra low-sulfur

UNECE

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

UNEP

United Nations Environment Programme

US EPA

United States Environmental Protection Agency

US TRI

United States Toxic Release Inventory

VKT

vehicle kilometres travelled

VMDA

Veterinary Manufacturers and Distributors Association

VOC

volatile organic compound

WA DEP

Department of Environmental Protection of Western Australia

WHO

World Health Organization