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- 8-OHdG
- 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine
- ALS
- amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- ANSI
- American National Standards Institute
- BAT
- best available technology
- bw
- body weight
- CI
- confidence interval
- CSA
- Canadian Standards Association
- DNA
- deoxyribonucleic acid
- EBCT
- empty bed contact time
- EPA
- Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.)
- EPIC
- European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition
- gpm
- gallons per minute
- HBV
- health-based value
- HR
- hazard ratio
- LD 50
- median lethal dose
- MAC
- maximum acceptable concentration
- MCL
- maximum contaminant level (U.S.)
- MCLG
- maximum contaminant level goal (U.S.)
- MDL
- method detection limit
- ND
- not detected
- NHANES
- National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (U.S.)
- NOAEL
- no-observed-adverse-effect level
- NPC
- Nutritional Prevention of Cancer
- NSF
- NSF International
- NTP
- National Toxicology Program (U.S.)
- OR
- odds ratio
- PHG
- public health goal (U.S.)
- PQL
- practical quantification limit
- RDA
- recommended dietary allowance
- RO
- reverse osmosis
- RR
- relative risk
- SCC
- Standards Council of Canada
- SELECT
- Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial
- SEM
- standard error of the mean
- SMR
- standardized mortality ratio
- TDI
- tolerable daily intake
- TDS
- Total Diet Study
- TUNEL
- terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase deoxyuridine triphosphate nick end labelling
- UF
- uncertainty factor
- UL
- tolerable upper intake level
Date reviewed: 2026-06-04