- Industry: Government
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is a federal agency responsible for the development and enforcement of regulations for human health and environment protection. The agency researches and sets standards for environmental programs and delegates. It was founded in 1970 following the proposal ...
A designated level or percent of response relative to the control level of response used in calculating a BMD.
Industry:Agricultural chemicals
Procedures or controls other than effluent limitations to prevent or reduce pollution of surface water (includes runoff control, spill prevention, and operating procedures).
Industry:Agricultural chemicals
Benchmark Dose associated with a 10% response adjusted for background. For example, these BMD(10) values are doses expected to produce a 10% reduction in brain cholinesterase activity compared with background response in rats.
Industry:Agricultural chemicals
Dose by which potency of chemicals may be compared; e.g. the dose causing a maximum of 15% cholinesterase inhibition.
Industry:Agricultural chemicals
Information that contains trade secrets, commercial or financial information, or other information that has been claimed as confidential by the submitter.
Industry:Agricultural chemicals
A list showing the identity of the ingredients (both active and inert) contained in a pesticide formulation.
Industry:Agricultural chemicals
A procedure in which hazardous wastes are identified as they are produced and are followed through further treatment, transportation, and disposal by a series of permanent, linkable, descriptive documents.
Industry:Agricultural chemicals
A subset of chemicals selected from a common mechanism group for inclusion in a refined quantitative estimate of risk.
Industry:Agricultural chemicals
OPP's evaluation of data supporting registration of a pesticide. See also Science review, Cleared review.
Industry:Agricultural chemicals
EPA's group of highly trained scientists and engineers based in Edison, NJ and Cincinnati, OH who back up the federal On-Scene Coordinator. The ERT's capabilities include multimedia sampling and analysis, hazard assessment, hazardous substance and oil spill cleanup techniques, and technical support.
Industry:Agricultural chemicals
