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Glossary

ACC
Accident Compensation Corporation
ADI
acceptable daily intake
Annex C chemicals
The chemicals listed under Annex C of the Stockholm Convention, comprising persistent organic pollutants when formed and released unintentionally from anthropogenic sources: polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDDs/PCDFs), hexachorobenzene (HCB) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).
BAT/BEP
best available techniques/best environmental practice, e.g. BAT/BEP Guidelines
COP
Conference of the Parties
DDT
1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis (4-chlorophenyl) ethane
Dioxin (singular)
2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD)
Dioxins (plural)
A short-hand way of referring collectively to two groups of chlorine-containing compounds (PCDDs and PCDFs) that share similar chemical structures, properties and biological characteristics, including toxicity[A scientifically precise definition of these chemicals can be found in the text of the Stockholm Convention (reproduced in Appendix 5 of this document; refer to Part IV of the Definitions of Annex C).]
DoL
Department of Labour
ERMA
Environmental Risk Management Authority
GEF
Global Environment Facility
HCB
hexachlorobenzene
HSNO Act
Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996
MED
Ministry of Economic Development
MFAT
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
MfE
Ministry for the Environment
MoH
Ministry of Health
OC
organochlorine
NZAID
New Zealand Agency for International Development
PCBs
polychlorinated biphenyls
PCDDs
polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins
PCDFs
polychlorinated dibenzofurans
PCP
pentachlorophenol
PM10
particles less than 10 microns in diameter
POPs
persistent organic pollutants
ppm
parts per million
RMA
Resource Management Act 1991
SPREP
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme
TCDD
2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (dioxin)
TEQ
Toxic equivalents, is the resultant toxicity given by a mixture of dioxin congeners
UNDP
United Nations Development Programme
UNEP
United Nations Environment Programme
2,4,5-T
2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid
2,4-D
2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid

 

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