7. Glossary

AEGL

Acute Exposure Guideline Levels. These are values defined by the EPA to protect the population in the event of accidental emissions of chemicals into the atmosphere.

BMD

• Benchmark dose: a dose that produces an effect corresponding to a change in the response level compared to a control group.

• BMD10: this is the dose that causes 10% of cancers in a study.

• Tool

  BMDL10: lowest confidence limit of BM10. This is the dose that statistically produces an increase in cancers with a 95% confidence level in order...