Maximum Acceptable Value (MAV)
Maximum Acceptable Value (MAV) : The concentration of a determinand below which the presence of the determinand does not result in any significant risk to a consumer over a lifetime of consumption. For carcinogenic chemicals, the MAVs set in the Drinking-Water Standards for New Zealand generally represent a risk of one additional incidence of cancer per 100 000 people ingesting the water at the concentration of the MAV for 70 years
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