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TOLUENE pave�of 6 DEFINITIONS ACGIH is The American Conferences o Cove- t e^:al ; nut,get ;s a s::bstarC:: 'iat ca uses nlilCatiuns. .y [niltatiun s Industrial IVQ'nennsts. it recommends upper !imiis f coiled Fi-Vs�1 a C11anSP in the �TenetiC rnareriai :n a body coli. Mutations can for 4,,postlrc io wotimia=chemicais. lead to birth de:ears..Tniscamages.or cancer. -1L carcinogen is a substance char causes cancer. -IAERG is the North American Emergency Response Guidebook It .vas Joindy developed by Transport Canada. the i ne CAS number is assimed by the Chem' cai Absmacs United Stares Department of Trnnsnorrarion and the Sew etariar 5e^'ice to identity a specific c temicai. of Communications and Transportation of Mexico. It is a guide for first responders to quickly iciendfv the snecinc or generic A combustibie subsrance is a soiid- liquid or Sas that:vial bum. hazards of material involved in a rransnorration incident and to grote= themselves and the genera€ public during the initial A corrosive substance is a gas. liquid or solid that causes response phase of the incident. irreversible damage to human tissue or containers. NCI is the National Cancer Institute, a federal agencv that DEP is the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. determines the cancer-causing potential of chemicals. DOT is the Department of Transportation the fede�l a encu N"A is the National Fire Protection Association. It classifies g substances according to their fire and explosion hazard. that reQuiates the transportation of chemicals. EPA is the Environmental Protection Agency, the federal YiOSH is the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. It rests equipment, evaluates and approves respincors, agency responsible for regulating environmenral hazards. conducts studies of 'workplace� hazards, and proposes standards Afetus is an unborn human or animal_ to OSHA. .A. flammable substanceNTP is the National Toxicology Program which tests chemicalsnca is a solid. liquid. vapor or Sas that will and reviews evidence for cancer. ignite easily and burn rapidly. . OSHA is the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, The flash point is the temperature at which a liquid or solid which adopts and enforces health and safety standards. gives off vapor that can form a flammable mixture with air. PEOSHA is the Public Employees Occupational Safe FIHAG is the Human Health Assessment Group of the federal and Health Act, a state law which sets PELs for New Jersey 'public EPA. employees. IARC is the International Agency for Research on Cancer. a ppm means parts of a substance per million parts of air. It is a scientific group that classifies chemicals according to their treasure of concentration by volume in air. cancer-causing potential. A reactive substance is a solid, liquid or gas that releases A miscible substance is a liquid or gas that will evenly dissolve energy under certain conditions. in another. 3 A teratogen is a substance that causes birth defects by mg/m means milligrams of a chemical in a cubic meter of air. damaging the fetus. It is a measure of concentration(weight/volume). TLV is the "Threshold Limit Value, the workplan exposure YISHA is the Mine Safety and Health Adminisuatian, the limit recommended by ACGIH. federal agency that re;uimes mining. It also evaluates and approves respirators. The vapor pressure is a measure of how readily a liquid or a solid mixes with air at its surface. A higher vapor pressure indicates a higher concentration of the substance in dir and therefore increases the likelihood of breathing it in.