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4R Reduce. Recycle, Recover and Reuse |
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A Air Pollution Control System |
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BOD Biochemical Oxygen Demand |
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C a material that does not occur in nature, but is introduced by human activityΒ into the environment |
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CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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FDA Food and Drug Administration |
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Fossil Fuel Non-renewable sources of energy ( Coal, Oil, Gas, etc.) |
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GMP Good Manufacturing Practice |
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HCFC Hydro Chloro Fluoro Carbon |
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P a substance present in nature, in greater than abundance due to human activity
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PAH Polycycli aromatic hydrocarbons
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PCB Polychlorinated biphenyls
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SOP Standard Operating Procedure |
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WESP Wet Electrostatic precipitators
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