| g/kg |
| Grams per kilogram. An expression of dosage used in toxicology testing, to indicate the grams of substance dosed per kilogram of animal body weight. |
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| gametes |
| A collective term used to describe both male and female germ cells, the sperm and ova. |
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| gas |
| See gasoline. |
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| gasoil |
| An intermediate distillate product used for diesel fuel, heating fuel and sometimes as feedstock. |
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| gasoline |
Also called gas or petrol, gasoline is a mixture of volatile, flammable liquid hydrocarbons derived from petroleum, with or without small quantities of additives, and used as motor fuel. It is also used as a solvent for oils and fats.
ALSO: gas; petrol. |
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| GATS |
| General Agreement on Trade in Services. |
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| GATT |
| General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (UN organisation). |
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| GCP |
| Good Clinical Practice |
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| GCPF |
| Global Crop Protection Federation (formerly the GIFAP). |
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| GDP |
| Gross Domestic Product. |
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| GE |
| See glycol ether (GE). |
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| gelatin |
| Substance in gel form obtained by denaturing animal skin and bone collagen subjected to the prolonged action of boiling water. Gelatin has a wide range of applications in the food, the pharmaceutical and the photographic industries. It is also used in cosmetics, in the refining of metals, in the polymerisation of plastics and the sizing of paper. |
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| General System of Preferences (GSP) |
A system of tariff preferences designed to encourage the expansion of manufactured and semi-manufactured exports from developing countries. It is part of the tariff structures of numerous developed countries. The program covers a broad spectrum of agricultural, manufactured, and semimanufactured products, but stipulates that certain products may not be designated GSP eligible due to the import sensitivity of domestic industries.
ALSO: Generalised System of Preferences. |
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| Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) |
| See General System of Preferences (GSP). |
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| GESAMP |
| Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Pollution (International Maritime Organisation). |
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| GGCB |
| Global Regulation and Capacity Building. |
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| GHG |
| See greenhouse gas (GHG). |
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| GHS |
| Globally Harmonised System (for the Classification and Labelling of Chemicals). |
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| GIFAP |
| The International Group of National Associations of Manufacturers of Agrochemical Products (now the GCPF). |
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| GINC |
| Global Information Network on Chemicals. |
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