| Acronym | Phrase |
| ATSDR | US Agency for Toxic Substances Disease Registry |
| CARB | California Air Resources Board |
| CERCLA | Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act |
| CSOR | California Senate Office of Research |
| DQA | data-quality-assessment |
| DTSC | California Department of Toxic Substances Control |
| EASI | Environmental Asset Services, Inc. |
| EC | European Commission |
| EPA | US Environmental Protection Agency |
| EU | European Union |
| NOTSPA | US Naval Ordnance Testing Station, Pasadena, California |
| OEHHA | California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment |
| PCE | perchloroethylene (tetrachloroethylene) |
| PDQA | preliminary data-quality assessment |
| PE-GCS | Pure Earth and Green Cross Switzerland |
| RCC | Retail Compliance Center |
| RepQ | representativeness questions |
| TCC | Trammell Crow Company |
| TCE | trichloroethylene |
| TCFM | trichlorofluoromethane |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNGA | UN General Assembly |
| US | United States |
| VI | vapor intrusion |
| VOC | volatile organic compound |
| WB | World Bank Group |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| WoE | weight-of-evidence |