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Acronyms and Abbreviations
PRTR
Pollutant Release and Transfer Register
QSAR
Quantitative structure-activity relationships
RCRA
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
RCW
Revised Code of Washington
REACH
Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals
RECLAIM Regional Clean Air Incentives Market
RETAP
Retired Engineer Technical Assistance Program
RfCi
inhalation reference concentration
RfDo
oral reference dose
RTK
Right-to-Know Act
SARA
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act
SB
Senate Bill
SCAQMD
South Coast Air Quality Management District
sed
sediment
SFO
oral slope factor
SIC
Standard Industrial Classification
SOX
sulfur oxide
TF
toxicity factor
TPPA
Toxic Pollution Prevention Act (of Minnesota)
TREE
Technical Resources for Engineering Efficiency
TRI
Toxics Release Inventory
TU
toxicity unit
TUR
Toxics Use Reduction
TURA
Toxics Use Reduction Act
TURI
Toxics Use Reduction Institute
UN-ECE
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
USEPA
United States Environmental Protection Agency
US FDA
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
VOC
volatile organic compounds
VP
vapor pressure
VPBT
very persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic
VSM
value stream mapping
WA
Washington
WAC
Washington Administrative Code
WCRTK
Worker and Community Right-to-Know (Act)
WMS
Washington Manufacturing Services
WSDA
Washington State Dental Association
WSHA
Washington State Hospital Association