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- ALARA
- as low as reasonably achievable
- ANSI
- American National Standards Institute
- AOP
- advanced oxidation process
- BTEX
- benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylenes
- bw
- body weight
- CalEPA
- California Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.A.)
- CI
- confidence interval
- CYP2E1
- cytochrome P4502E1
- DNA
- deoxyribonucleic acid
- EBCT
- empty bed contact time
- EPA
- Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.A.)
- GAC
- granular activated carbon
- K p
- skin permeability coefficient
- LC 50
- median lethal concentration
- LD 50
- median lethal dose
- L-eq
- litre-equivalent
- MAC
- maximum acceptable concentration
- MDL
- method detection limit
- NADPH
- reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
- NOM
- natural organic matter
- NSF
- NSF International
- NTP
- National Toxicology Program (U.S.A.)
- PAC
- powdered activated carbon
- PBPK
- physiologically based pharmacokinetic
- ppm
- parts per million
- ppt
- parts per trillion
- PQL
- practical quantitation limit
- PTA
- packed tower aeration
- RNA
- ribonucleic acid
- RR
- relative risk
- SCC
- Standards Council of Canada
- SMR
- standardized mortality ratio
- TEAM
- Total Exposure Assessment Methodology
- TWA
- time-weighted average
- U.S. EPA
- United States Environmental Protection Agency
- UV
- ultraviolet
- VOC
- volatile organic compound
- v/v
- by volume
Footnotes
Date reviewed: 2026-06-04