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GASOLINE page D or p D E F IMTIO NS . "'C;T is the .American Conrerence of c_;uvernmentai mumgen is a -substance that causes :rurarions. A mutation !ndustr al Hy etsists. It recommend.,ids uppe* limits {-sailed is a change in:Ire genetic material in a body veil_ Murations T I-V5 i for wxpasure to woncnlaCti cRemicals. can iead to birth de-ec:s.miscarriaizes,or cancer. carcinogen is a substance that causes cancer. NAERG is the North American Emergency Response Guidebook. It was jointly developed by Transporr Canada.. The CAS number is assierfed by the Che nical Abstracts the United States Department of Transportation and the Service fo identify a specinc chemical. Ser emriat of Communications and Transaortarion of Mexico. It is a guide for first responders to quickly identify A combustible substance is a solid, liquid or gas that will the specific or generic hazards of material involved in a bum. transportation incident, and to protect themselves and the 0enerai public during the initial response phase of the A corrosive substance is a pas, liquid or solid that causes incident. irreversible damage to human tissue or containers. NCI is the National Cancer Institute, a federal agency that DEP is the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. e,determines the can -causing potential or chemicals. DOT is the Deoaranent of Transportation.the federal agency NFPA is the National Fire P,otec:ion Association. It that regulates the transportation or chemicals. classifies substances according to their fire and explosion hazard. EPA is the Environmental Protection Agency, the federal NIOSH is the National Institute For Occupational Safety and agency respor:sible for reg environmental hazards. Health. It tests equipment. evaluates and approves A fetus is an unborn human or animal. respirators, conduces studies of workplace hazards. and proposes standards to OSHA. A flammable substance is a solid, liquid vapor or gas that NTP is the National Toxicology Program which tests will ignite easily and burn rapidly. chemicals and reviews evidence for cancer. The flash point is the temperature at which a liquid or solid OSHA is the Occupational Safety and Health wives off vapor that can form a flammable mixture with air. Administrarion, which adopts and enforces health and safety HHAG is the Human Health Assessment Groats of the standards. federal EPA. PEOSHA is the Public Employees Occupational Safety and on Cancer, Act a state law which sets PELs for New Jersev L4RCss the International Agency for Research public employees. scientific soup that classifies chemicals according to their cancer-causing potential. ppm means parts of a substance per million parts of air. It is A miscible substance is a liquid or gas that will evenly a measure of concentration by volume in air. dissolve in another. A reactive substance is a solid, liquid or gas that releases rtrglm3 means milligrams of a chemical in a cubic meter of energy under carrain conditions. air. It is a measure of concentration(weiglitivolume). A teratogen is a substance that causes birth defects by iVtSHA is the Mine Safety and Health Administration, the damaging the fetus. federal agency that regulates mining. It also evaluates and TLV is the Threshold Limit Value, the workplace exposure approves respirators, limit recommended by ACGIH. 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 air and theref=ore increases the likelihood of breathing it in.