Letter B
| BACT | Best Available Control Technology, a term used in US environmental control regulations |
| BAT | Best Available Technology |
| BATEA | Best Available Technology Economically Achievable, terminology for sewage cleanup technology to be applied under Canadian Municipal-Industrial Strategy for Abatement, for cleanup of Great Lakes water sources. |
| BBP | bloodborne pathogens - Most often used in the context of a discussion of HIV and/or Hepatitis. |
| BBS | Behavior Based Safety |
| BCSP | Board of Certified Safety Professionals The certifying organization that issues the ASP, CSP, and COHST credentials following review of experience and successful completion of written tests. In addition to an exam in the Comprehensive Practice of Safety, specialty exams are offered in Safety Management, Fire Protection, and Safety Engineering 208 Burwash, Savoy, IL 61874 USA, (217) 359-9263 |
| BCT | Best Conventional Pollutant Control Technology |
| BLEVE | Boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion (or, for fun, Blast Levels Everything Very Effectively) |
| BLOSA | Beam Line Operations and Safety Awareness |
| BLS | Basic Life Support |
| BLS | Bureau of Labor Statistics, an agency of the US government which gathers statistical information on accident rates, among other things. |
| BMP | Best Management Practice |
| BNA | Bureau of National Affairs, Inc |
| BOD | Basic Oxygen Demand; also, Biological Oxygen Demand - the oxygen demand if a water sample is biologically oxidized |
| BOHS | British Occupational Hygiene Society, the national professional society of Occupational Hygienists in the United Kingdom |
| BPT | Best Practicable Control Technology Currently Available (CCAA) |
| BS | British Standards |
| BSC | Biological Safety Cabinet |
| BSI | British Standards Institute |
| BTU | British Thermal Unit, a traditional unit of measure for heat |
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