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Term

background level

Term

(1) The concentration of a substance in an environmental medium (air, water, or soil) that occurs naturally or is not the result of human activities. (2) In exposure assessment, the concentration of a substance in a defined control area, during a fixed period of time before, during, or after a data-gathering operation.

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Definition source publication

US EPA.

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Definition source URL

http://www.epa.gov/OCEPAterms/bterms.html

Organisation

US EPA

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Subjects

Air and Climate Change
CHEMICALS AND HEALTH

Long definition

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