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ICCM Conference on Chemicals Management
IOC International Olympic Commitee
IQ Intelligence Quotient
IQR Inter-quartile range
ISSF International Shooting Sports Federation
IWRB International Waterfowl andWetlands Research
Bureau
JECFA Joint Food and Agriculture Organisation/World
Health Organisation Expert Committee on Food
Additives
JNCC Joint Nature Conservation Committee
KS1 Key Stage 1
LAG Lead Ammunition Group
LOD Limit of Detection
LOQ Limit of Quantification
LTSH Landtag Schleswig Holstein
MKULNV NV Ministerium für Klimaschutz, Umwelt,
Landwirtschaft, Natur- und Verbraucherschutz
ML Maximum Level
MOP Meeting of the Parties
MRC Medical Research Council
NCC Nature Conservancy Council
NDNS National Diet and Nutrition Survey
NGO Non-Governmental Organisation
NHANES U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination
Surveys
NISRA A Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
NNR National Nature Reserve
NOAEL No Observed Adverse Effect Levels
NWHL National Wildlife Health Laboratory
PACEC Public and Corporate Economic Consultants
PNEC Predicted No Effect Concentrations
ppm dw Parts per million dry weight
ppmww Parts per million wet weight
ppb Parts per billion
PTWI Provisional Tolerable Weekly Intake
RA Risk Assessment
RAC Committee for Risk Assessment
RCEP Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution
REACH Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and
restriction of Chemicals
RSPB Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
SAICM Strategic Approach to International Chemicals
Management
SATs Standard Assessment Tests
SBP Systolic Blood Pressure
SCA Swedish Chemicals Agency
SCF European Commission's Scientific Committee for
Food
SE Standard Error
SEAC The Committee for Socio-economic Analysis
SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest
SST Shooting Sports Trust
TEL Tetra-Ethyl Lead
UCL University College London
UNEP United Nations Environment Programme
USATSDR SDR The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease
Registry
USFWS U.S. Fish andWildlife Service
VKM Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety
VMD Veterinary Medicines Directorate
WG Working Group
WHO World Health Organization
WSSD World Summit on Sustainable Development
WWT Wildfowl andWetlands Trust
δ-ALAD AD delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase
Abbreviations