Benchmark Concentration

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-002961",
  "term": "Benchmark Concentration",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. A dose or concentration that produces a predetermined change in response rate of an adverse effect (called the benchmark response or BMR) compared to background.\n\n2. A concentration that produces a predetermined change in response rate of an adverse effect (called the benchmark response or BMR) compared to background.\n\n3. The concentration of a substance inhaled that is associated with a specified low incidence of risk, generally in the range of 1% to 10%, of a health effect; or the concentration associated with a specified measure or change of a biological effect.\n\n4. A concentration of a substance that when inhaled produces a predetermined change in the response rate of an adverse effect relative to the background response rate of this effect. This predetermined change is called a \"benchmark response\" or BMR. See Benchmark Dose Technical Guidance (EPA, 2012).\n\n5. The concentration which results in a 10% increase in prevalence of localized pleural thickening (LPT).",
  "abbreviation": "BMC",
  "subject": "Health and safety",
  "see_also": [
    "Benchmark Dose"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Glossary",
    "Risk Assessment Glossary",
    "Benchmark Dose Software (BMDS) Glossary of Terms",
    "Health Effects Notebook Glossary",
    "Glossary of Asbestos-related Terms and Acronyms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/benchmark-concentration/"
}