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E T TYL BENZENE page 37 of 6 roti�r��-rTn^ c U Ui'il i11VL�17 Cc;lEi:s the Mme can�'onie:encc or Covemmettai indusuiai `AERG is the Yiorh _k:e-ican Ennerae:tc;. Response Hygienists. it recommeids Up a- .units (cs€led TL'Vsi for Guidebook. It was jointly ieveivped pv Transaorr Canada the =?ttJDSUCe T.0 workplaceChemICa15. United States Department of '.'raIISpO[LSL1Qn and the Sec-e:ariar or Communications and Transportation or Mexico. It is a guide carcinogen is a substance that:causes cancer_ for first responders to quickly identify the specific or generic hazards of material involved in a transportation incident.and to fie CAS number is assigned by the Chemical Abstracts prorect themselves and the general public during the initial Service to identify a specific chemical. response phase or the incident. A combustible substance is a solid. liquid or pas that will burn. YCI is the national Cancer Institute. a Fede € aQ?ncy that determines the cancer-causing potentia€of chemicals. A corrosive substance is a gas, liquid or solid that causes irreversible damage to human tissue or containers. NF"PA is the National Fire Protection Association. It classifies substances according to their fire and explosion hazard. DEP is the New jersev Departmeni of Environmental Protection. NIOSH is the National Institute for Occupational Safety and DOT is the Department of Transportation, the federal age-icy Health. It tests equipment. evaluates and approves respirators. .hat regulates the transportation of chemicals. conducts studies of workplace hazards. and proposes standards to OSHA. EPA is the Environmental Protection Agency, the federal chemicals agency responsible for regulating environmental hazards. NTP is the National Toxicology Program which tests and reviews evidence for cancer. A fetus is an unborn human or animal. OSIS is the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, • flammable substance is a solid. liquid.vapor or gas that will which adopts and enforces health and safety standards. ignite easily and bum rapidly. PEI. is the Permissible Exposure titbit which is enforceable by The flash paint is the temperature at which a liquid or solid the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. dives off vapor that can forst a flammable mixture with air. PER is a DOT designation for chemicals which are Poison HHAG is the Human health Assessment Group of the federal Inhalation Hazards. EPA. ppm means parts of a substance per million parts of air. Itis a IARC is the International Agency for Research on Cancer, a measure of concentration by volume in air. scientific group that classifies chemicals according to their cancer-causing potential. A reactive substance is a solid. liquid or gas that releases energy under certain conditions. A miscible substance is a liquid or gas that will evenly dissolve in another. .k teratogen is a substanc_ that causes birth defects by damaging the fetus. mg/m3 means milligrams of a chemical in a cubic meter of air. It is a measure of concentration(weight/volume). TLV is the Threshold limit Value, the workplace exposure limit recommended by ACGU A mutagen is a substance that causes mutations. A mutation is a change in the genetic material in a bodv cell. Mutations can The vapor pressure is a measure of haw readily a liquid or a lead to birth defects,miscarriages,or cancer. solid mixes with air at its surface. A higher vapor pressure indicates a higher concentration of the substance in air and therefore increases the Iikelihood of breathing it in.