Any parameters or pieces of information collected or produced from measurements, analyses, or models of environmental processes, conditions, and effects of pollutants on human health and the environme [..]

Chemical exposure via ingesting contaminated food or water.

Substances that increase in concentration in living organisms as they take in contaminated air, water, or food because the substances are very slowly metabolized or excreted

Substance that, following contact with an organism can cause ill health or adverse effects either at the time of exposure or later in the life of the present and future generations.

The period of time a sample may be stored prior to its required analysis. While exceeding the holding time does not necessarily negate the veracity of analytical results, it causes the qualifying or â [..]

Absorbed Dose

The uptake of water, other fluids, or dissolved chemicals by a cell or an organism (as tree roots absorb dissolved nutrients in soil.)

Probability of suffering disease or injury which is considered to be sufficiently small to be "negligible" (tolerable risk).

Probability of suffering disease or injury which is accepted by an individual.

Unintended contact with a substance or change in the physical environment (including for example radiation) resulting from an accident