Sentences with phrase «u.s. safety limit»

Based on the amounts being found in people and what is known about the metabolism of bisphenol A from animal experiments, it also appears that human exposures are above the current U.S. safety limit, according to the assessment.

Not exact matches

In May, Newburgh's main water source, Lake Washington, tested at more than 140 parts per trillion for Perfluorooctane sulfonate, or PFOS, which is about twice the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's recommended safety limit of 70 parts per trillion.

Such units — screened, packaged and tracked through their life cycles in keeping with the dictates of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration — are manufactured with assembly - line efficiency to optimize the safety and utility of a precious, limited resource.

A study published last year in Environmental Health Perspectives found that children in Guiyu had lead levels 50 percent higher than those in surrounding villages and 50 percent higher than safety limits set by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

An ambitious new food - safety law aims to shift the focus of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration from response to prevention, but an under - resourced scientific staff — and budgetary restraints — may limit how much FDA can accomplish, experts say.

There is no current FDA limit for OTA in foods in the U.S. but the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has established a limit of 5 mcg / kg for roasted coffee and 10 mcg / kg for instant coffee (Fapohunda, Basic Res J Agric Sci Rev 2014; EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain, EFSA J 2010; International Coffee Organization 2005).

Government and state regulations in the U.S. don't require any testing and haven't set safety limits for drugs in water.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today issued an industry - wide Safety Advisory to help ensure railroads adhere to federal regulations regarding maximum authorized train speed limits.

The Department's proposal would establish safety standards requiring all newly manufactured U.S. trucks, buses, and multipurpose passenger vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating more than 26,000 pounds to come equipped with speed limiting devices.

The great news for those considering the Highlander Hybrid Limited AWD is that while its green virtues are well known, it has few faults and comes with the highest possible safety rating and safety history in the U.S. automotive marketplace.

• The age of the borrower, or of the age of the younger spouse; the older the homeowner, the more money the homeowner is eligible to receive • The appraised value of the property, minus the cost of any health or safety repairs required to bring the home up to code • The lending limits (where applicable); lending limits vary on a county by county basis • Interest rates, which are determined by the U.S. Treasury or LIBOR Index • The payment plan selected by the borrower

Coordination between cities and operators is key for successful systems For Immediate Release April 13, 2017 Press contact: Alexander Engel [email protected] 646.324.2919 In recent weeks, «rogue» bike share companies have launched, uninvited, in U.S. cities with flimsy equipment and limited or no public notification, posing significant safety...

In recent weeks, «rogue» bike share companies have launched, uninvited, in U.S. cities with flimsy equipment and limited or no public notification, posing significant safety risks to the public, and fully divorced from larger transportation planning and municipal needs.

Today — due to the important, irreplaceable values of its Arctic waters for Indigenous, Alaska Native and local communities» subsistence and cultures, wildlife and wildlife habitat, and scientific research; the vulnerability of these ecosystems to an oil spill; and the unique logistical, operational, safety, and scientific challenges and risks of oil extraction and spill response in Arctic waters — the United States is designating the vast majority of U.S. waters in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas as indefinitely off limits to offshore oil and gas leasing, and Canada will designate all Arctic Canadian waters as indefinitely off limits to future offshore Arctic oil and gas licensing, to be reviewed every five years through a climate and marine science - based life - cycle assessment.

Today, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) sets limits for acceptable levels of asbestos exposure in the workplace.