Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Definitions

ANSI - American National Standards Institute

ASTM - American Society for Testing and Materials

CARB - California Air Resources Board

CCCR - Canadian Consumer Chemical and Containers Regulation

CFR - Code of Federal Regulations

CPSC – Consumer Product Safety Commission

DfE - US EPA Design for the Environment

DOT – Department of Transportation

EPA - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

FDA - U.S. Food and Drug Administration

GHG - Greenhouse Gas

GHS - Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals

GWP - Global Warming Potential

LADCO - Lake Michigan Air Directors Consortium

MSDS – Material Safety Data Sheet

NSF – NSF International (formerly National Sanitation Foundation)

ODP – Ozone Depletion Potential

OSHA – Occupational Safety and Health Administration

OTC - Ozone Transportation Commission

Prop 65 - California’s Proposition 65, titled "The Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986."

REACH – European Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemical substances

SARA Title III - Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act, also known as the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know

SCAQMD – South Coast Air Quality Management District

SFI - Sustainable Forestry Initiative

VOC - Volatile Organic Compound

WHMIS - Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System