Priority Substances List Assessment Report for Road Salts

List of Acronyms and Abbreviations

CAS
Chemical Abstracts Service

CEPA
Canadian Environmental Protection Act

CEPA 1999
Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999

CTV
Critical Toxicity Value

EC
electrical conductivity

EC₅₀
median effective concentration

EEV
Estimated Exposure Value

ENEV
Estimated No-Effects Value

ESA
environmental site assessment

kg-bw
kilogram body weight

LC₅₀
median lethal concentration

LD₅₀
median lethal dose

LOEC
Lowest-Observed-Effect Concentration

LOEL
Lowest-Observed-Effect Level

NOEC
No-Observed-Effect Concentration

NOEL
No-Observed-Effect Level

PSL
Priority Substances List