Science and Research Serving Canadians -
Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch
Appendix: Acronym Glossary
A
AQI -- Air Quality Index
B
BSE -- Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
C
CAS -- Canadian Addiction Survey
CBRN -- Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear
CCHO -- Climate Change and Health Office
CCRPB -- Consumer and Clinical Radiation Protection Bureau
CDS -- Canada's Drug Strategy
CDSA -- Controlled Drug and Substances Act
CEAA -- Canadian Environmental Assessment Act
CEPA -- Canadian Environmental Protection Act
CPR -- Controlled Products Regulation
CPS -- Consumer Product Safety
CPSC -- Consumer Product Safety Commission (United States)
CTBT -- Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
CSTA -- Federal Council of Science and Technology Advisors
D
DAS -- Drug Analysis Service
DSCSP -- Drug Strategy and Controlled Substances Programme
DSL -- Domestic Substances List
E
ECB -- Environmental Contaminants Bureau
EH -- Environmental Health
EHO -- Environmental Health Officer
EHSB -- Environmental Health Science Bureau
EMF -- Electric and Magnetic Field
F
FCTC -- Federal Convention on Tobacco Control
FDA -- Food and Drugs Act
FPT -- Federal-Provincial-Territorial
FTCS -- Federal Tobacco Control Strategy
FTIR -- Fourier Transform Infrared
G
GI -- Gastrointestinal illness
H
HIB -- Health Impacts Bureau
HECSB - Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch (Health Canada)
HPA -- Hazardous Products Act
HPRP -- Health Policy Research Program
I
ISO -- International Organization for Standardization
J
K
L
LIMS -- Laboratory Information Management System
M
MOU -- Memorandum of Understanding
N
NGO -- Non-governmental organization
NRA -- National Research Agenda
NSACB -- New Substance Assessment and Control Bureau
O
OCS -- Office of Controlled Substances
ODR -- Office of Demand Reduction
OECD -- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
ORS -- Office of Research and Surveillance
OSP -- Office of Science Policy (Health Canada)
P
PAHO-WHO -- Pan-American Health Organization-World Health Organization
PHB -- Public Health Bureau
PHITS-- Public Health Information Tracking System
PSEPC -- Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada
PSHP -- Public Service Health Program
PSL -- Product Safety Laboratory
PSP -- Product Safety Programme
Q
R
REB -- Research Ethics Board
RED -- Radiation Emitting Device
RSA -- Related Scientific Activities
S
S&T -- Science and Technology
SEP -- Safe Environments Programme
SWG -- Surveillance Working Group
T
TCP -- Tobacco Control Programme
TSE -- Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy
U
USEPA -- United States Environmental Protection Agency
V
W
WHMIS -- Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System
WHPSP -- Workplace Health and Public Safety Programme
WHO -- World Health Organization
WQHB -- Water Quality and Health Bureau
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