Final Assessment
List of Abbreviations
- ADI
- acceptable daily intake
- a.i.
- active ingredient
- AUC
- area under the plasma concentration versus time curve
- BAF
- bioaccumulation factor
- BASL4
- Biosolids-Amended Soil Level 4
- BCF
- bioconcentration factor
- BMDL
- lower 95% confidence limit on the benchmark dose
- bw
- body weight
- CAF
- composite assessment factor
- CAR
- constitutive androstane receptor
- CAS
- Chemical Abstracts Service
- CEPA 1999
- Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999
- CMA
- Chemical Manufacturers' Association
- Cmax
- maximum concentration in plasma
- CTV
- critical toxicity value
- CYP
- cytochrome P450
- DCDD
- dichlorodibenzo-p-dioxin
- DCP
- dichlorophenol
- DNA
- deoxyribonucleic acid
- DNT
- developmental neurotoxicity
- DSL
- Domestic Substances List
- DT50
- median dissipation time
- dw
- dry weight
- EC
- effective concentration
- EU
- European Union
- FIFRA
- Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
- GUS
- groundwater ubiquity score
- HC5
- hazardous concentration to 5% of species
- HPV
- high production volume
- IC
- inhibitory concentration
- IUPAC
- International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
- Kd
- soil/water partition coefficient
- Koa
- octanol/air partition coefficient
- Koc
- soil organic carbon partition coefficient
- Kow
- n-octanol/water partition coefficient
- LC50
- median lethal concentration
- LD50
- median lethal dose
- LOAEL
- lowest-observed-adverse-effect level
- LOD
- limit of detection
- LOEC
- lowest-observed-effect concentration
- LOEL
- lowest-observed-effect level
- LOQ
- limit of quantification
- MATC
- maximum allowable toxicant concentration
- MDL
- method detection limit
- MITI
- Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Japan)
- MOA
- mode of action
- MOE
- margin of exposure
- MQL
- method quantification limit
- NHANES
- National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (United States)
- NICNAS
- National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme (Australia)
- NITE
- National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (Japan)
- NOAEL
- no-observed-adverse-effect level
- NOEC
- no-observed-effect concentration
- NOEL
- no-observed-effect level
- OECD
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- P4
- Plastic and Personal-Care Product Use in Pregnancy
- PCDD
- polychlorinated dibenzodioxin
- PCDF
- polychlorinated dibenzofuran
- PCPA
- Pest Control Products Act
- PEC
- predicted environmental concentration
- pKa
- -log 10 acid dissociation constant
- PMRA
- Pest Management Regulatory Agency
- PND
- postnatal day
- PNEC
- predicted no-effect concentration
- PPAR
- peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor
- ppb
- parts per billion
- ppm
- parts per million
- PXR
- pregnane X receptor
- QSAR
- quantitative structure-activity relationship
- RED
- Reregistration Eligibility Decision
- RN
- registry number
- RNA
- ribonucleic acid
- SCCP
- Scientific Committee on Consumer Products
- SCCS
- Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety
- SIDS
- Screening Information Data Set
- SCENIHR
- Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks
- SSD
- species sensitivity distribution
- t½
- half-life
- T3
- triiodothyronine
- T4
- thyroxine
- TCDD
- tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin
- TR
- thyroid receptor
- TriCDD
- trichlorodibenzo-p-dioxin
- TSH
- thyroid-stimulating hormone
- TSMP
- Toxic Substances Management Policy
- US EPA
- United States Environmental Protection Agency
- ww
- wet weight
- WWTP
- wastewater treatment plant