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APPENDIX 3
Abbreviations used in the Proceedings of
the Oxford Lead Symposium
ACCLPP Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning
Prevention
ADAS Agricultural Development and Advisory Service
AESAN Agencia Española de Seguridad Alimentaria y
Nutrición
AEWA African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds Agreement
AFEMS European Sporting Ammunition Manufacturers
Association
AIC Agricultural Industries Confederation
ATSDR (U.S.) Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
BASC British Association for Shooting and Conservation
BBC British Broadcasting Corporation
BCE Common Era
BfR Federal German Institute for Risk Assessment
BLI Bird Life International
BMD Benchmark Dose
BMDL Benchmark Dose (Lower Confidence Limit)
BMEL Bundesministerium für Landwirtschaft und
Ernährung
BMELV Bundesministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft
und Verbraucherschutz
BMR Benchmark Response
BMU Bundesministerium für Umwelt
B-Pb Blood Lead
CCW Countryside Council for Wales
CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CEFCD Concise European Food Consumption Database
CEH Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
CGerLI Centre for German Legal Information
CIC International Council for Game andWildlife
Conservation
CLA Country Land and Business Association
CLEAR Campaign for Lead-free Air
CMS Convention on the Conservation of Migratory
Species
CODEX The Codex Alimentarius Commission, established
by FAO andWHO in 1963 develops harmonised
international food standards, guidelines and codes of
practice to protect the health of the consumers and
ensure fair practices in the food trade
CONSEP US Co-operative Nontoxic Shot Education Program
CONTAM AM EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain
COP Conference of the Parties
CWS Canadian Wildlife Service
DBU Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt
DEFRA Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
DETR Department for Environment, Transport & the
Regions
DEVA e. V. Deutsche Versuchs- und Prüfanstalt für Jagd- und
Sportwaffen e. V
DoE Department of Environment
EC European Commission
ECHA European Chemicals Agency
EEA European Environment Agency
EEC European Economic Community
EFSA European Food Safety Authority
EN English Nature
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
EU ML European Union Maximum Level (of a contaminant
in food)
FACE European Federation of Associations for Hunting
and Conservation
FAO Food and Agriculture Organisation
FRS Fellow of the Royal Society
FSA Food Standards Agency
FSAS Food Standards Agency Scotland
GFR Glomerular Filtration Rate
HMSO Her Majesty's Stationery Office
HNR Human Nutrition Research
IARC International Agency for Research on Cancer
Alimentarius