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Europe

ECETOC : (European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of Chemicals)

	http://www.ecetoc.org

EPEE : (European Partnership for Energy and the Environment)

	http://www.epeeglobal.org/

EUROFLUOR : Web Site of CTEF (Comité Technique Européen du Fluor), representing the major producers of hydrogen fluoride and inorganic fluoride chemicals in Europe. An interesting brochure on HF and its uses (including fluorocarbons production) is available on the web site, in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish. http://www.eurofluor.org

USA

ARAP:

(The Alliance for Responsible Atmospheric Policy)

	http://www.arap.org

AIHA:

The American Industrial Hygiene Association , the world's largest association of occupational and environmental health professionals, playing an important role in relation to workers health and safety.

	http://www.aiha.org

Global

AFEAS:

(Alternative Fluorocarbons Environmental Acceptability Study) General information about ozone depletion, global warming and alternative fluorocarbons plus production, sales and emissions data

	http://www.afeas.org/

GGEEC:

The Greenhouse Gases Emissions Estimating Consortium, a global alliance of sector specific experts and sponsors to develop models to estimate atmospheric emissions of HFCs, PFCs and SF₆.

	http://www.greenhousegases.org/

PAFT:

(Programme for Alternative Fluorocarbon Toxicity Testing)

	http://www.afeas.org/paft/

Summary of research on the toxicology of substitute fluorocarbons. PAFT is no longer operational, and this page is no longer being updated, but AFEAS keeps the information available as a public resource.

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