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G

Generally Recognized as Safe

See: GRAS list.

German Engineering Association commission on noise reduction

Association of industry, research and administration experts who take it upon themselves to work out guidelines for the reduction of noise.

German Engineering Association on clean air

Association of industry, research and administration experts who take it upon themselves to work out guidelines for keeping the air clean as prescribed by law.

(GewO) German trade regulations

See: Trade regulations.

GLP

See: Good Laboratory practices.

Good Laboratory practices

Abbreviation: GLP. Internationally agreed upon (OECD and EC) procedure for carrying out analyses, tests and examinations of chemicals to evaluate potential danger to humans or the environment. The procedure identifies standards for organization, personnel, rooms, devices, reagents, test substances, reference substances, work instructions, results reports and archiving. This is meant to simplify international recognition of test results.

Granulate

Coarse-grained or fine-grained, loose material that can easily be measured out.

GRAS list

Abbreviation of Generally Recognized as Safe. A list of approximately 1,000 chemicals that have been recognized as harmless by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Green Charter of Mainau

The basic German manifesto of land maintenance published in 1961, which refers to the threat to the environment and includes proposals for combating the dangers threatening the natural environment.

Green telephone

Telephone installed by public authorities and industrial companies, via which the responsible specialists can be contacted directly with information pertaining to observed emissions, environmental pollution and other environmental protection violations. This is often implemented in consultation services.