Pica

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-021010",
  "term": "Pica",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Pica behavior is the repeated eating of non-nutritive substances, whereas soil-pica is a form of soil ingestion that is characterized by the recurrent ingestion of unusually high amounts of soil (i.e., on the order of 1,000-5,000 milligrams per day or more).\n\n2. Deliberate ingestion of non-nutritive substances such as soil.\n\n3. The repeated eating of nonnutritive substances, whereas soil-pica is a form of soil ingestion that is characterized by the recurrent ingestion of unusually high amounts of soil (i.e., on the order of 1,000-5,000 milligrams per day or more). [U.S. EPA Exposure Factors Handbook: 2011 Edition]",
  "subject": "Science and research",
  "references": [
    "Exposure Factors Handbook: Glossary",
    "EPA 1997b",
    "EPA ExpoBox Terminology; ExpoBox Terminology"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/pica/"
}