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Appendix A: List of acronyms
- ALARA
- - as low as reasonably achievable
- ANSI
- - American National Standards Institute
- BDCM
- - bromodichloromethane
- BrdU
- - 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine
- CDBPs
- - chlorinated disinfection by-products
- CEPA
- - Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999
- DBCM
- - dibromochloromethane
- DBPs
- - disinfection by-products
- DENA
- - diethylnitrosamine
- DNA
- - deoxyribonucleic acid
- EPA
- - Environmental Protection Agency (USA)
- FLR
- - full litter resorption
- GSTT1-1
- - glutathione-S-transferase T1-1
- HAAs
- - haloacetic acids
- IPCS
- - International Programme on Chemical Safety
- kg bw
- - kilogram body weight
- LD 50
- - median lethal dose
- Leq/day
- - litre-equivalent per day
- LH
- - luteinizing hormone
- LMS
- - linearized multistage
- LOAEL
- - lowest-observed-adverse-effect level
- MAC
- - maximum acceptable concentration
- MDL
- - method detection limit
- NCI
- - National Cancer Institute (US)
- NOAEL
- - no-observed-adverse-effect level
- NOM
- - natural organic matter
- NSF
- - NSF International
- NTP
- - National Toxicology Program (US)
- PBPK
- - physiologically based pharmacokinetic
- ppm
- - parts per million
- RNA
- - ribonucleic acid
- SCC
- - Standards Council of Canada
- SCE
- - sister chromatid exchange
- TC 05
- - concentration associated with a 5% increase in tumour risk
- TDI
- - tolerable daily intake
- TGF
- - transforming growth factor
- THMs
- - trihalomethanes
- UDS
- - unscheduled DNA synthesis
- UV
- - ultraviolet
- WHO
- - World Health Organization