Priority Substances List - Statement of the Science Report for Ethylene Glycol

List of Acronyms and Abbreviations

ATAC : Air Transport Association of Canada

BMD₀₅ : Benchmark Dose05; the dose estimated to cause a 5% increase in incidence over the background response rate

BOD : biological oxygen demand

CAS : Chemical Abstracts Service

CCME : Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment

CEPA : Canadian Environmental Protection Act

CEPA 1999 : Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999

CTV : Critical Toxicity Value

DL : detection limit

DO : dissolved oxygen

EC₂₅₅ : effective concentration for 25% of the test population

EC₅₀ : median effective concentration

EEV : Estimated Exposure Value

EG : ethylene glycol

ENEV : Estimated No-Effects Value

GMP : glycol mitigation plan

GOMP : glycol operational management plan

GWP : Global Warming Potential

HVAC : heating, ventilation and air conditioning

IC₂₅ : inhibiting concentration for a 25% effect

IC₅₀ : inhibiting concentration for a 50% effect

kg-bw : kilogram body weight

K_ow : octanol/water partition coefficient

LC₂₅ : lethal concentration resulting in 25% mortality

LC₅₀ : lethal concentration resulting in 50% mortality

95% LCL : lower 95% confidence limit of the BMD₀₅

LD₅₀ : median lethal dose

LOEC : Lowest-Observed-Effect Concentration

LOED : Lowest-Observed-Effect Dose

LOEL : Lowest-Observed-Effect Level

MWTP : municipal wastewater treatment plant

NAP : National Airports Policy

NAS : National Airports System

NATES : National Analysis of Trends in Emergency Systems

NOAEL : No-Observed-Adverse-Effect Level

NOEC : No-Observed-Effect Concentration

NOEL : No-Observed-Effect Level

NPRI : National Pollutant Release Inventory

ODP : Ozone Depletion Potential

PETE : polyethylene terephthalate

POCP : Photochemical Ozone Creation Potential

PSL : Priority Substances List

RCF : regenerated cellulose film