| ADI |
Acceptable daily intake |
| ATSDR |
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry |
| CAAL |
Canadian Association of Analytical Laboratories |
| CCME |
Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment |
| CMHC |
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation |
| COPC |
Contaminant of potential concern |
| CWS |
Canada-Wide Standard |
| DNAPL |
Dense non-aqueous phase liquid |
| DWQG |
Drinking Water Quality Guidelines |
| ESA |
Environmental site assessment |
| FCSAAP |
Federal Contaminated Sites Accelerated Action Plan |
| HQ |
Hazard Quotient |
| ILCR |
Incremental lifetime Cancer risk |
| IRIS |
Integrated Risk Information System |
| LNAPL |
Light non-aqueous phase liquid |
| MRL |
Minimum risk level |
| OMEE |
Ontario Ministry of Environment and Energy |
| PHCs |
Petroleum hydrocarbon compounds |
| PQRA |
Preliminary quantitative risk assessment |
| PRG |
Preliminary remediation goal |
| RAF |
Relative absorption factor |
| RAIS |
Risk Assessment Information System |
| RfC |
Reference concentration |
| RfD |
Reference dose |
| SF |
Slope factor for carcinogenic potency |
| SSRA |
Site-specific risk assessment |
| TC |
Tolerable concentration |
| TC05 |
Concentration (air, water) found to induce a 5% increase in the incidence
of, or deaths due to, tumours considered to be associated with exposure |
| TD05 |
Dose found to induce a 5% increase in the incidence of, or deaths due to, tumours considered to be associated with exposure |
| TDI |
Tolerable daily intake |
| TRV |
Toxicological reference value |
| UCL |
Upper confidence limit |
| U.S. EPA |
United States Environmental Protection Agency |
| WHO |
World Health Organization |
