GLOSSARY OF ACRONYMS ACP Advisory Committee on <strong>Pesticide</strong>s ADI Acceptable <strong>Daily</strong> Intake AOEL Acceptable Operator Exposure Level APPG All Party Parliamentary Group ARfD Acute Reference Dose CSL Central Science Laboratory Defra Department for Food and Rural Affairs (<strong>UK</strong>) DWI Drinking Water Inspectorate EC European Commission EDC Endocrine Disrupting Chemical EU European Union FSA Food Standards Agency HPA Health Protection Agency HSE Health & Safety Executive IARC International Agency for Research on Cancer LA Local Authority Mg/kg/bw/d Milligrams per kilogram of bodyweight per day MP Member of Parliament MRL Maximum Residue Level NAEI National Air Emissions Inventory NOAEL No Observable Adverse Effect Level NPIS National <strong>Poison</strong>s Information Service OP Organophosphate PAN <strong>UK</strong> <strong>Pesticide</strong> <strong>Action</strong> <strong>Network</strong> <strong>UK</strong> PCB Polychlorinated Biphenyls PEX <strong>Action</strong> on <strong>Pesticide</strong> Exposure (PAN <strong>UK</strong> project) PIAP <strong>Pesticide</strong> Incidents Appraisal Panel (HSE’s) PRC <strong>Pesticide</strong> Residues Committee PSD <strong>Pesticide</strong>s Safety Directorate RCEP Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution <strong>UK</strong> United Kingdom USEPA United States Environmental Protection Agency WHO World Health Organisation 54 <strong>Your</strong> daily poison
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