The regulations surrounding the chemical and hazardous goods industries are packed with three-letter acronyms and abbreviations. How many do you know?
1-5 Time waster | 5-10 Novice | 10-20 Not bad going | 30+ You must be a DGSA!
ACL Approved Carriage List
ASL Approved Supply List (now obsolete)
ADN European provisions concerning the international carriage of dangerous goods by inland waterways
ADR Accord Dangereux Routier (European agreement concerning the international carriage of dangerous goods by Road)
BCC Biocides Consultative Committee
CAO Cargo Aircraft Only
CAS Chemical Abstracts Service
CCC Sub-Committee on Carriage of Cargoes and Containers (IMO)
CDG Carriage of Dangerous Goods
CLH Harmonised Classification and Labelling
CLP EU Regulation on the Classification, Labelling and Packaging of Substances and Mixtures
CMR Carcinogenic, Mutagenic & Reproductive Toxins
DGR Dangerous Goods Regulations
EAC Emergency Action Code (UK Tanker panels)
ECA European Chemicals Agency
EHS Environmentally Hazardous Substances
EUH EU CLP specific Hazard Statement
EWC European Waste Catalogue
GHS Globally Harmonised System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals
HIN Hazard Identification Number (ADR/RID)
HSE Health and Safety Executive (GB)
IBC Intermediate Bulk Container
IMO International Maritime Organization (was IMCO)
NOS Not Otherwise Specified (classification of certain substances upon transport)
ONR Office for Nuclear Regulation (HSE)
PBT Persistent, Bio-accumulative and Toxic
PPE Personal Protective Equipment
PSN Proper Shipping Name
RID The Regulations concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail (Règlement Concernant le Transport International Ferroviaire Marchandises Dangereuses).
SDS Safety Data Sheet (formerly MSDS)
TDG Transport of Dangerous Goods. Alternative to CDG
TDW Tactile Warning of Danger
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