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| SPF (sun-protection factor) |
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| a number that indicates how much time it takes for skin treated with sunscreen to burn compared with unprotected skin. |
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| Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) |
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| U.S. government agency that formulates and enforces regulations designed to protect the safety and health of workers. |
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| a law in existence from 1958-1996 that directed the FDA to ban any food additive or contaminatant if it was found to cause cancer in animal studies at any dose. |
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| regulatory standard based on "reasonable certainty of no harm," which means that a quantitative assessment of all available animal and human data is used to determine what level of exposure to possible carcinogens is thought to be safe. |
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| quantitative measure of the potential hazard posed by a given carcinogen, based on typical human exposure mutiplied by its carcinogenic potency when tested in animals; an acronym for Human Exposure Rodent Potency. |
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| atoms or molecules with an unpaired electron, which makes them extremely reactive. |
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| term applied to plant chemicals that are thought to have health-related effects but are not essential nutrients like proteins, carbohydrates, fats, minerals and vitamins. |
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| drug used for alleviating pain, fever, and inflammation that has been found to reduce the risk of colon cancer and perhaps several other types of cancer as well. |
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| group of hormone-like, fat-soluble molecules that trigger inflammation and influence a variety of other functions. |
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| drug that exhibits some structural similarities to estrogens; inhibits cell proliferation in the breast by blocking estrogen receptors, but stimulates cell proliferation in the uterus by activating estrogen receptors; used for both the treatment and prevention of breast cancer. |
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| drug that inhibits cell proliferation in the breast and uterus by blocking estrogen receptors, but acts like estrogen in bone, acting to maintain bone strength and increase bone density. |
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| formula for calculating body fat based on a person's height and weight. |
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