Sentence examples for permissible levels of contamination from inspiring English sources

In 1993, New Jersey put into place a new law, the Industrial Site Recovery Act, which set standards for permissible levels of contamination in groundwater and soil, and for proper site testing, investigation and work plans.

One of the toughest pending decisions, he said, concerns a standard for permissible levels of smog-causing compounds including ozone.

Clearly, what may constitute permissible levels of asbestos in the air will add up to significant quantities on the ground.

Some of the state's large cities have decibel-level noise codes, but there are no statewide restrictions on permissible levels of short-term noise.

All the ground-water samples exceeded the permissible levels of WHO standards.

Permissible levels of systematic errors (type-B uncertainty) depend on dosimetry purposes (most-probable or conventional) and variability of biological responses.

The permissible levels of lead in petrol has been reduced drastically.

This ongoing contamination from leaded gasoline emissions is consistent with the report by Bahemuka and Mubofu (1999) that lead concentrations of some foods grown on the African continent still exceed both WHO and the United Nation's Food and Agricultural Organization permissible levels of 5 ng/g.

This classification will result in more stringent standards and lower permissible levels of fecal coliform in the water.

For labor protection, all exposed workers must be provided with, and must use, personal protective equipment to reduce the sound to permissible levels of exposure.

The act applied a 10-fold safety factor to permissible levels of pesticide residues in food to account for children's greater vulnerability.