Full text of other abbreviations
ADN – European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by
Inland Waterways; ADR – European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of
Dangerous Goods by Road; AICS – Australian Inventory of Chemical Substances; ASTM –
American Society for the Testing of Materials; bw – Body weight; CLP – Classification Labelling
Packaging Regulation; Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008; CMR – Carcinogen, Mutagen or
Reproductive Toxicant; DIN – Standard of the German Institute for Standardisation; DSL –
Domestic Substances List (Canada); ECHA – European Chemicals Agency; EC-Number –
European Community number; ECx – Concentration associated with x% response; ELx – Loading
rate associated with x% response; EmS – Emergency Schedule; ENCS – Existing and New
Chemical Substances (Japan); ErCx – Concentration associated with x% growth rate response;
GHS – Globally Harmonized System; GLP – Good Laboratory Practice; IARC – International
Agency for Research on Cancer; IATA – International Air Transport Association; IBC –
International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships carrying Dangerous Chemicals in
Bulk; IC50 – Half maximal inhibitory concentration; ICAO – International Civil Aviation
Organization; IECSC – Inventory of Existing Chemical Substances in China; IMDG – International
Maritime Dangerous Goods; IMO – International Maritime Organization; ISHL – Industrial Safety
and Health Law (Japan); ISO – International Organisation for Standardization; KECI – Korea
Existing Chemicals Inventory; LC50 – Lethal Concentration to 50 % of a test population; LD50 –
Lethal Dose to 50% of a test population (Median Lethal Dose); MARPOL – International
Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships; n.o.s. – Not Otherwise Specified; NO(A)EC
– No Observed (Adverse) Effect Concentration; NO(A)EL – No Observed (Adverse) Effect Level;
NOELR – No Observable Effect Loading Rate; NZIoC – New Zealand Inventory of Chemicals;
OECD – Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development; OPPTS – Office of Chemical
Safety and Pollution Prevention; PBT – Persistent, Bioaccumulative and Toxic substance; PICCS
– Philippines Inventory of Chemicals and Chemical Substances; (Q)SAR – (Quantitative)
Structure Activity Relationship; REACH – Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European