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Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

02.10.2025

The federal agency established in 1971, to ensure safe and healthful workplaces in the U.S. through leadership, enforcement, outreach, education an...

NSF/ANSI 336 Certification

Sustainability Assessment for Commercial Furnishings Fabric addresses the environmental, economic and social aspects of furnishing fabric products,...

NSF International (NSF)

NSF International is an independent, not-for-profit organization that provides standards development, product certification, auditing, education an...

nonrenewable energy

An energy source, such as oil or natural gas, or a natural resource, such as a metallic ore, that cannot be replenished or replaced after it has be...

nonpoint source pollution (NPS Pollution)

Pollution caused by rainfall or snowmelt moving over and through the ground. As the runoff moves, it picks up and carries away natural and human-ma...

nonpoint source pollution

Pollution caused by rainfall or snowmelt moving over and through the ground. As the runoff moves, it picks up and carries away natural and human-ma...

National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

An act that requires federal agencies to integrate environmental values into their decision making processes by considering the environmental impac...

National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)

Air quality standards required by the Clean Air Act that monitor six pollutants, known as criteria pollutants, considered harmful to public health ...

mutagen

This is a substance that may cause hereditary disorders in offspring due to mutations in the chromosomes of the male or female reproductive cells. ...