| Acronym | Meaning |
| BPEO | Best Practicable Environmental Option |
| MERD | Metal-enhanced Reductive Dehalogenation |
| RBS | Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry |
| BPB | Blood Lead |
| RDI | Reference Daily Intake |
| SERDP | Strategic Environmental Research And Development Program |
| DPP | Dual Purpose Plant |
| CIS | Commonwealth Of Independent States |
| SS | Sewage Sludge |
| CSD | Cortical Spreading Depression |