Chronic Effect

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-004986",
  "term": "Chronic Effect",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. An adverse effect on any living organism in which symptoms develop slowly over a long period of time or recur frequently.\n\n2. An effect that occurs as a result of repeated or long term (chronic) exposures.\n\n3. An adverse effect on a human or animal in which symptoms recur frequently or develop slowly over a long period of time.\n\n4. An effect which occurs as a result of repeated or long term (chronic) exposures.\n\n5. An adverse effect that is measured by assessing an acceptable endpoint, and results from continual exposure over several generations, or at least over a significant part of the test species' projected life span or life stage.\n\n6. An effect which occurs as a result of repeated or long term (chronic) exposures. [EPA 2003]\n\n7. An adverse effect on a human or animal in which symptoms recur frequently or develop slowly over a long period of time. [EPA 2005b]\n\n8. An adverse effect on any living organism in which symptoms develop slowly over a long period of time or recur frequently. [EPA 2005e]\n\n9. The effect of a stimulus that lingers or continues for a relatively long period, often one-tenth of the life span or more. The measurement of a chronic effect can be reduced growth, reduced reproduction, and such, in addition to lethality.",
  "subject": "General environmental",
  "references": [
    "Environmental Issues Terms & Acronyms; Pesticides Glossary; EPA 2005e",
    "Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Glossary",
    "Terms of Environment; EPA 2005b",
    "EPA 2003",
    "40 CFR Appendix D to Part 132 (CFR 2013)",
    "Thesaurus of Terms Used in Microbial Risk Assessment",
    "NPDES Permit Writers Glossary; NPDES Permit Writers Manual Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/chronic-effect/"
}