List of Acronyms

ACGIH American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists

AIM Associated Industries of Massachusetts

AIHA American Industrial Hygiene Association

ANA American Neurological Association

ANSI American National Standards Institute

APA APA: The Engineered Wood Association

ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials

ATSDR Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

BCF Bioconcentration factor

BOD/COD Bio/Chemical oxygen demand

BTHC Butyryl trihexyl citrate

CAAA Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990

CARB California Air Resources Board

CAS# Chemical Abstract Service number

CCA Chromated copper arsenate

CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act

CERHR Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction

CES Centre European des Silicones (European silicone industry association)

CFC Chlorofluorocarbon

ChV Chronic value

CMC Criteria maximum concentration

CNS Central nervous system

CO2 Carbon dioxide

CPSC Consumer Product Safety Commission

CVD Chemical vapor deposition

CWA Clean Water Act

°C Degrees Celsius

DCM Dichloromethane or methylene chloride

DEHA Di (ethylhexyl) adipate

DEHP Di (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate

DEHPA Di (2-ethylhexyl) phosphate

DEP Department of Environmental Protection (Massachusetts)

DfE Design for the Environment

DGD Dipropylene glycol dibenzoate

DINCH Di (isononyl) cyclohexane-1,2-dicarboxylate

DINP Di isononyl phthalate

DEHT Di(2-ethylhexyl)terephthalate

DHS Department of Health Services

DOT Department of Transportation

DPTB Dipropylene glycol tertiary butyl ether

D5 Decamethylcyclopentasiloxane

EAC Ethylene-acrylate-carbon

ECMO Extra corporeal membrane oxygenation

EDTA Ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid

EH&S Environmental, health and safety

EO Ethylene oxide

EOEA Executive Office of Environmental Affairs (Massachusetts)

EPA United States Environmental Protection Agency

EPI Suite Estimation Program Interface Suite

ERP Environmental Results Program

ESD Electrospark deposition

EU European Union

EVA Ethyl vinyl acetate

FDA Food and Drug Administration

GI Gastrointestinal

GWP Global warming potential

HAPs Hazardous air pollutants

HC Hydrocarbon

HCAT Hard Chrome Alternatives Team

HCFC Hydrochlorofluorocarbon

HESIS Hazard Evaluation System and Information Service

HFC Hydrofluorocarbon

HFE Hydrofluoroether

Hg Mercury

HCWH Health Care Without Harm

HUD Department of Housing and Urban Development

HVOF High velocity oxy-fuel

IARC International Agency for Research on Cancer

IDLH Immediately dangerous to life or health

IRTA Institute for Research and Technical Assistance

ISO International Standards Organization

IV Intravenous

Kb Kauri-Butanol Value

Kd Soil sorption coefficient

kg Kilogram

Koc Organic carbon adsorption coefficient

LC50 Concentration that is lethal in 50% of the test animals

LCA Life cycle assessment

LCSP Lowell Center for Sustainable Production

LD50 Dose that is lethal in 50% of the test animals

LEED Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design

LNG Liquefied natural gas

LOAEL Lowest observable adverse effect level

Log Kow Octanol-water partition coeficient

LTAVD Low temperature arc vapor deposition

MACT Maximum achievable control technology

MCL Maximum contaminant level

MCTA Massachusetts Chemistry and Technology Alliance

MDF Medium density fiberboard

MDI Methylene diphenyl diisocyanate

MEK Methyl ethyl ketone

MEHP Mono-ethylhexyl phthalate a metabolite of DEHP

mg Milligram

NFPA National Fire Protection Association

MSDS Material safety data sheet

NDCEE National Defense Center for Environmental Excellence

NESHAP National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants

NIC National Interstate Council of State Boards of Cosmetology

NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

NMP N-methyl pyrrolidone

nPB N-propyl bromide

NOAEL No observable adverse effect level

NTP National Toxicology Program

ODP Ozone depletion potential

ODS Ozone depleting substance

O&M Operations & maintenance

OSB Oriented strand board

OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration

OTA Office of Technical Assistance (Massachusetts)

PAE Polyamide-epichlorohydrin

P2 Pollution prevention

Pb Lead

PBT Persistent bioaccumulative and toxic

PCB Printed circuit board

PCBs Polychlorinated biphenyls

PCDT Poly-1,4 cyclohexylene dimethylene terephthalate

PCE Perchloroethylene or tetrachloroethylene

PE Polyethylene

PEL Permissible exposure limit

Perc Perchloroethylene

PET Polyethylene terphthalate

PFC Perfluorocarbon

phr Parts per hundred resin

PIRG Public Interest Research Group

PP Polypropylene

ppb Parts per billion

ppm Parts per million

Prop 65 Proposition 65 (California)

PTFE Polytetrafluoroethylene

PVC Polyvinyl chloride

PVD Physical vapor deposition

PWA Printed wire assemblies

QA Quality assurance

QC Quality control

RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

REL Recommended exposure limit

RoHS Restriction on certain Hazardous Substances Directive (European Union)

SAB Science Advisory Board

SEHSC Silicones Environmental, Health and Safety Council of North America

SERDP Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program

SF Substitution factor

SFI Sustainable Forestry Initiative

SGE Substituted aliphatic glycol ethers

SIAJ Silicones Industry Association of Japan

SIC Standard Industrial Classification code

SMC, D or T Surface mount component, device or technology

SNAP Significant New Alternatives Policy

SSL Surface Solutions Laboratory (TURI)

STEL Short-term exposure limit

TCA 1,1,1-trichloroethane or methyl chloroform

TCA Total cost accounting

TCE Trichloroethylene or trichloroethene

TCF Totally chlorine-free

TLV Threshold limit value

TOP Tri (2-ethylhexyl) phosphate

TOTM Triethylhexyl trimellitate

TPN Total parenteral nutrition

TPU Thermoplastic polyurethane

Trans-DCE Trans-dichloroethylene

TURA Toxics Use Reduction Act of 1989 (Massachusetts)

TURI Toxics Use Reduction Institute (Massachusetts)

TURI Lab Toxics Use Reduction Institute Surface Solutions Laboratory

TWA Time-weighted average

TWI Taber Wear Index

UV Ultraviolet

VCT Vinyl composition tile

VHN Vickers Hardness Number

VMS Volatile methylsiloxane

VOC Volatile organic compound

WEEE Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (European Union)

µg Microgram