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. 2024 Jan 5;12(1):42. doi: 10.3390/toxics12010042
API American Petroleum Institute
BAF Bioaccumulation Factor
BCF Bioconcentration Factor
EFSA European Food Safety Authority
EHAM Ecological Health Assessment Methodology
ESQ Ecological Screening Quotient
ECOTOX Ecotoxicology Knowledgebase
EEL Estimated Exposure Level
FCM Food-chain Multiplier
FIFRA Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
kg Kilogram (unit of weight)
Kow octanol–water partition coefficient
L Liter (unit of volume)
LULC Land Use Land Cover
mg Milligram (unit of weight)
NOAELs No-Observed-Adverse-Effect Levels
PAHs Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
POPs Persistent Organic Pollutants
SLERAP Screening Level Ecological Risk Assessment Protocol
TL1, TL2, TL3, TL4 First, Second, Third, Fourth Trophic level(s)
TRV Toxicity Reference Value
US EPA United States Environmental Protection Agency