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BMD - Benchmark Dose associated with a 10% response adjusted for background.

bactericide - A pesticide used to control or destroy bacteria, typically in the home, schools, or on hospital equipment.

Benchmark Response (BMR) - A designated level or percent of response relative to the control level of response used in calculating a BMD.

Best Management Practices (BMP) - Procedures or controls other than effluent limitations to prevent or reduce pollution of surface water (includes runoff control, spill prevention, and operating procedures).

bioaccumulation/biomagnification - A process where chemicals are retained in fatty body tissue and increase in concentration over time. Biomagnification is the increase of tissue accumulation in species higher in the natural food chain as contaminated food species are eaten.
bioassay - A method of testing a material’s effects on living organisms.