Sentence examples for exceeding benchmarks from inspiring English sources

Of the 178 streams near farms or cities, 56% had one or more pesticides exceeding benchmarks.

One strategy for encouraging quality improvement uses financial incentives to reward physicians and hospitals for meeting or exceeding benchmarks of quality.

Ministry of Health Malaysia (MOH) [ 5] reported that As and Cd levels exceeding benchmark were recorded at ex-mining, municipal water supply, solid waste landfill and agricultural areas.

In its annual letter, the endowment laid out the performance of its various assets and the degree to which each sector missed or exceeded benchmarks.

Moreover, it said, in defining "essential health benefits," the government should try to guarantee that the average premium would not exceed benchmarks that would be set by the secretary of health and human services.

Between 1993 and 1997, 95% of urban streams exceeded benchmarks for aquatic life.

Sediment concentrations, normalized to organic carbon content, infrequently exceeded benchmarks for aquatic health, which was generally consistent with low rates of observed toxicity.

None of the measurements was made near intakes of drinking water supplies, but the report suggests it's unlikely that they exceed benchmarks because pesticides are typically not intense in these watersheds.

In standard risk management practice, the goal is to identify exposure limits resulting in risks that do not exceed benchmarks deemed as "acceptable risk".

The model predicted that when homes did not use venting range hoods, household exposures frequently exceeded benchmarks the authors set based on federal and state health-based standards., It also indicated that cooks and young children, who were assumed to be in closest proximity to the stove, would have the highest exposures.

However, according to our estimates, neither chlorpyrifos nor mercury intake exceeded benchmark values.