| Acronym | Meaning |
| CERL | Corvallis Environmental Research Laboratory |
| PEAD | Polietileno De Alta Densidad |
| SWSA | Solid Waste Storage Area |
| CS-AAS | Continuous Source Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy |
| UVAS | UV Absorption Spectroscopy |
| ILL | Interlibrary Loan |
| PAM | Peptidylglycine Alpha-amidating Monooxygenase |
| OHMS | Office Of Hazardous Materials Safety |
| ETAD | Ecological And Toxicological Association Of Dye And Organic Pigment Manufacturers |
| HKS | Hartree-Kohn-Sham (quantum Theory) |