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Glossary
Glossary
Toxic
Intrinsic property of a substance rendering it to harm, impair or elsehow damage living organisms.
Toxic for reproduction
A substance which is toxic for reproduction will impair the ability to get children or cause irreversible harm to the offspring itself.
Transposition
process by which the European Union’s Member States give force to a directive by passing appropriate implementation measures.
Use
Any processing, formulation, consumption, storage, keeping, treatment, filling into containers, transfer from one container to another, mixing, production of an article or any other utilisation.
UVCB
Substances of Unknown or Variable Composition, Complex Reaction products and Biological materials
vPvB
Substances that are very Persistent and very Bioaccumulative but do not need to be toxic as defined today. However they persist in the environment and accumulate in the food chain for such a long period of time that they are also considered to be Substances of Very High Concern according to REACH.
Weight of Evidence
Considering the strengths and weaknesses of various pieces of information in reaching a conclusion concerning a property of the substance