Chlorinated paraffins: acronyms

List of acronyms and abbreviations

ACP

Arctic contamination potential

BAF

bioaccumulation factor

BCF

bioconcentration factor

BMF

biomagnification factor

BOD

biochemical oxygen demand

BSAF

biota-sediment accumulation factor

CB

chlorinated biphenyl

CEPA 1988

Canadian Environmental Protection Act

CEPA 1999

Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999

CoA

coenzyme A

CP

chlorinated paraffin

CPIA

Chlorinated Paraffins Industry Association

CTV

critical toxicity value

CYP

cytochrome P-450

DDT

dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane

DFO

Department of Fisheries and Oceans

DNA

deoxyribonucleic acid

EC50

median effective concentration

ECNI

electron capture negative ion

ECNI-HRMS

electron capture negative ion high-resolution mass spectrometry

EEV

estimated exposure value

ENEV

estimated no-effects value

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency

EQC

equilibrium criterion

EU

European Union

foc

fraction of organic carbon

GC

gas chromatography

GLP

good laboratory practice

HCB

hexachlorobenzene

HCH

hexachlorocyclohexane

HLC

Henry’s law constant

HPLC

high-pressure liquid chromatography

HR

high resolution

HRGC

high-resolution gas chromatography

HRMS

high-resolution mass spectrometry

IC50

median inhibitory concentration

KAW

air-water partition coefficient (or unitless Henry’s law constant)

kg-bw

kilogram body weight

KOA

octanol-air partition coefficient

KOC

organic carbon sorption coefficient (or organic carbon-water partition coefficient)

Kow

octanol/water partition coefficient

LC50

median lethal concentration

LCCP

long-chain chlorinated paraffin

LCCPs

long-chain chlorinated paraffins

liquid LCCPs

C_18-20 and C_>20 liquid LCCPs

LOAEL

Lowest-Observed-Adverse-Effect Level

LOEC

Lowest-Observed-Effect Concentration

LOEL

Lowest-Observed-Effect Level

LR

low resolution

LRMS

low-resolution mass spectromety

LT50

time to 50% lethality

MCCP

medium-chain chlorinated paraffin

MCCPs

medium-chain chlorinated paraffins

MS

mass spectrometry

NCI

negative ion chemical ionization

NIMS

negative ion mass spectrometry

NOAEL

no-observed-adverse-effect level

NOEC

no-observed-effect concentration

NOEL

no-observed-effect level

NPRI

National Pollutant Release Inventory

NTP

National Toxicology Program (U.S.A.)

NWRI

National Water Research Institute

OCDD

octachlorodibenzodioxin

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

PAH

polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon

PCB

polychlorinated biphenyl

PCDD

polychlorinated dibenzodioxin

PCDF

polychlorinated dibenzofuran

PNEC

predicted no-effect concentration

POC

particulate organic carbon

PPARa

peroxisome proliferator activated receptor, a isoform

PSL1

first Priority Substances List

PUF

polyurethane foam

PVC

polyvinyl chloride

QSAR

quantitative structure-activity relationship

SCCP

short-chain chlorinated paraffin

SCCPs

short-chain chlorinated paraffins

T3

triiodothyronine

T4

thyroxine

TCDD

tetrachlorodibenzodioxin

TD05

Tumorigenic Dose05, the dose associated with a 5% increase in tumour incidence

TDI

tolerable daily intake

TGD

(European) Technical Guidance Document

TLC

thin-layer chromatography

TSH

thyroid stimulating hormone

TSMP

Toxic Substances Management Policy

UDP

uridine diphosphate

UDPG

uridine diphosphoglucose

UDPGGT

uridine diphosphoglucose glucuronosyl transferase

UDPGT

uridine diphosphate glucuronosyl transferase

UNECE

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

VP

vapour pressure

wt.

weight

WWTP

wastewater treatment plant