Urban Environmental Quality and Human Health: Conceiving a Sustainable Future

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 08.07.10

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Objectives
  2. Strategies
  3. Classroom Activities
  4. Appendix A - Implementing District Standards
  5. Appendix B - Glossary of Acronyms
  6. Appendix C - Useful Conversion Factors
  7. Appendix D - Graphic Organizer for Sources of Human Exposure
  8. Appendix E - Pesticides Problem Set
  9. Appendix F - Interpreting Tables and Graphs, 1 18
  10. Appendix G - Interpreting Tables and Graphs, 2 19
  11. Appendix H - Interpreting Tables and Graphs, 3
  12. Resources for teachers
  13. Governmental Sources for Pesticide Data
  14. Endnotes

Environmental Health Issues Meet Algebra

Nancy Rudolph

Published September 2008

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Appendix B - Glossary of Acronyms

ADD - Average Daily Dose

BMD 1 0 - Benchmark Dose that produced a response in 10% of the subjects

EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

FDA - Food and Drug Administration

FQPA - Food Quality and Protection Act (1996)

LOAEL - Lowest Observed Adverse Effect Level

LOD - Limit of Detection

MCL - Maximum Contaminant Level

MOE - Margin of Exposure (safety factor between human total exposure and the BMD 1 0 from animal studies; accepted MOE is greater than 100 for adults, and generally greater than 1000 for children)

MRL - Maximum Residue Level

NOAEL - No Observed Adverse Effect Level

PDP - Pesticide Data Program (USDA)

PoD - Point of Departure (used to extrapolate for estimate of human risk)

ppb - parts per billion

ppm - parts per million

RET - Re-entry Time (minimum amount of time after pesticide application before re-entry without protective equipment)

RPF - Relative Potency Factor

USDA - United States Department of Agriculture

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