Sentences with phrase «micrograms per»

Although the rate of young children tested with elevated blood lead levels of at least 5 micrograms per deciliter, the amount which would trigger action by the local health department, has gradually declined from 6.4 percent in 2012 to 4.7 percent in 2016, 24 percent of tested children under six - years - old had a range of 3 - 4 micrograms per deciliter.

ABC News reported that in its latest annual snapshot, the Far West Local Health District found that 76 per cent of young Aboriginal children in Broken Hill had blood lead levels above the new NHMRC threshold of five micrograms per decilitre.

The US National Toxicology Program reported that there was sufficient evidence to conclude that blood lead concentrations less than five micrograms per decilitre are associated with intellectual deficits (lower IQ score), academic disabilities, attention - related behaviours and problem behaviours:

Studies have shown that levels as little as five micrograms per decimeter in the blood can lead to significant health problems in small children.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that children in at least 4 million households are being exposed to high levels of lead, and that half a million U.S. children under the age of 6 have blood lead levels higher than 5 micrograms per deciliter.

Nonetheless, tests conducted on Gavin four months later revealed a blood - lead level of 6.5 micrograms per deciliter.

The Chinese study found that in 2012, more than 70 per cent of the population was exposed to annual PM 2.5 pollution levels higher than 35 micrograms per cubic metre, the country's benchmark for healthy air quality.

At EPA's 455 nation - wide PM - 2.5 trend monitoring sites the annual average concentration has gone from 13.4 micrograms per cubic meter in 2000 to only 7.7 in 2016.

For example, «While both Fiji Water and Cleveland's tap water met all federal standards, the lab tests reportedly indicated that Fiji Water contained volatile plastic compounds, 40 times more bacteria than are founding well - run municipal water systems, and most noticeably, over six micrograms per liter of arsenic.

The level of fine particulate matter, or PM2.5, in Harbin's air this week reportedly reached 1,000 micrograms per cubic meter, exceeding the World Health Organization's daily target level by a factor of 40.

Early on Thursday morning levels of fine particulate pollution known as PM2.5 reached around 500 micrograms per cubic metre, according to the US Embassy which measures air pollution and publishes the levels on its Twitter feed.

The current annual standard is 15 micrograms per cubic meter.

The Korea Meteorological Administration announced that the average atmospheric concentration of particulate matter measuring 10 micrometers (PM10) on the day was 228 micrograms per cubic meter, the most dangerous level in its five - level air pollution scale.

According to the bureau, the capital succeeded by reducing PM2.5 concentrations to 58 micrograms per cubic meter — a reduction of 35.6 percent from 2012.

Modelling results suggest monthly average levels of ozone could reach around 110 µg / m3 (micrograms per cubic metre) over central France in July 2100, an increase of 50 µg / m3 from the year 1990.

The result was the same: 37 micrograms per decileter of blood, almost 20 times the median blood lead level among children in the US.

Although the global mapping of reservoir trophic status (and associated upscaling of CH4 emissions) is beyond the scope of this article, recent progress in the mapping of chlorophyll a in medium and large - sized lakes and reservoirs shows that about 60 % of systems have more than 10 micrograms per liter chlorophyll a (Sayers et al. 2015), and would therefore be considered eutrophic by most classification schemes (Cunha et al. 2013).

WHO recommends a maximum level of particulate matter of 20 micrograms per cubic metre, yet major cities such as Cairo, Delhi and Beijing are on average far beyond this limit.

Concentrations around Oxford Street were 58 micrograms per cubic meter (ug / m3), while the previous four Thursdays saw average levels of 172ug / m3.

In the case of this study, the highest concentration of a chemical found in blood was 226 micrograms per liter of mono - ethyl phthalate (a chemical which is made when the body metabolizes diethyl phthalate, a common ingredient of cosmetics and personal care products).

To provide a context for understanding this number: the normal level of estradiol (the primary estrogen in the female body) ranges from 0.025 to 0.300 micrograms per liter.

Research has found that groundwater nitrate levels in private wells across the state are nearing the state's drinking water standard of 10,000 micrograms per liter.

By contrast, U.S. cities exceed air quality standards when PM10 concentrations reach 150 micrograms per cubic meter.

Stumpf, whose research group monitors blooms in Lake Erie, measured extremely high concentrations (1,000 micrograms per liter) of microcystin in Lake Erie during the summer.

Levels of 50 micrograms per kilogram are toxic to collies.

Ivermectin is effective as a heartworm preventative at 3 micrograms per kilogram of body weight.

The normal range is along the lines of 5 to 35 micrograms per liter of blood.

Washington State U. Vet School says, re ivermectin: «While the dose of ivermectin used to prevent heartworm infection (6 micrograms per kilogram) is safe in dogs with the [MDR1] mutation, higher doses such as those used for treating mange (300 - 600 micrograms per kilogram)[are not].»

In the lab, rats given this mineral at 189 micrograms per pound lived an average of one year longer than rats who received a less easily absorbed form of chromium.

Grain - fed butter contains roughly 15 micrograms per 100 g. Price said the quantity in butters varied up to 50-fold but his method wasn't quantitative.

Cutler demonstrated that humans produce an average of 90 micrograms per millilitre of SOD and live an average of approximately 80 years.

Until 2004, the World Anti-Doping Agency and the International Olympic Committee considered 12 micrograms per milliliter in urine to be the maximum legal concentration.

Barbara's Brown Rice Crisps had inorganic arsenic levels that ranged from 5.9 to 6.7 micrograms per serving.

Butter has about 300 ng progesterone per gram, or 4.2 micrograms per tablespoon: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1241645.

For adults the recommended daily allowance for iodine is 150 micrograms per day.

At approximately 40 micrograms per 8 ounces, this level is about 4 times higher than the level in milk from conventionally fed cows.

I have been researching Brazil nuts and have found that Brazil nuts are not uniform in their selenium content and may contain much more or much less than the estimated 50 micrograms per nut.

Vitamin A, commonly found in dairy, certain fish oils, and dark, leafy vegetables, is highly prevalent in pumpkin, with an estimated concentration of nearly 780 micrograms per 100 g serving of canned pumpkin; that is almost twice as much vitamin A as a similar portion of raw, leafy spinach.

For the transition into adulthood, vitamin K requirements increase to 75 micrograms per day from age 14 to 18.

Other leafy greens, including turnip greens, beet greens and mustard greens, deliver more than 400 micrograms per 1 - cup serving.

Folic acid, at least 400 micrograms per day, is also very important to baby's development during pregnancy.

The U.S. National Library of Medicine recommends that children age 1 to 3 need 30 micrograms of vitamin K per day, children age 4 to 8 need 55 micrograms and children age 9 to 13 need 60 micrograms per day.

Averaging the 187.5 - microgram exposure (actually delivered in a number of concentrated doses) over the six - month period, the resulting dose of 1.04 micrograms per day is significantly higher than the EPA's «safe» reference dose of 0.3 — 0.6 micrograms total per day for methylmercury exposure in infants.

A 2012 study showed blunted cortisol response and higher inflammatory markers at blood mercury levels well below the EPA's established level for potential health risks (5.8 micrograms per liter).10 In addition, four neurodevelopmental disorders (attention - deficit / hyperactivity disorder, autism, seizures and stutter) affect almost 11 percent of all U.S. births, up 30 percent over the past decade.11 Subclinical decrements in brain function are even more common, affecting up to 15 percent of births.12

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that the typical absorbed dose of mercury from amalgams is one to twenty - two micrograms per day, with most values in the range of one to five micrograms per day.16 Various factors, including gum chewing and bruxism, can increase these exposures to an upper range of about one hundred micrograms per day.7 Preliminary evidence also suggests that certain types of electromagnetic radiation, including EMR from mobile phones and from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may increase the release of mercury vapor from dental amalgams.17

Like the multidose influenza vaccines, some multidose meningococcal meningitis vaccines and tetanus toxoid (booster) vaccines (not recommended for children under six years of age) also contain thimerosal as a preservative, in amounts ranging from 12.5 to 25 micrograms per dose.27, 28 As of 2016, some other childhood vaccine preparations, such as the multidose DTaP and the DTaP / Hib combination vaccines, still utilize thimerosal in the manufacturing process.

The EPA standard is 10 micrograms per liter.

In 1986 a research team headed by McGraw reported in The Lancet that, compared with carefully collected human breast milk containing 5 to 20 micrograms per liter, aluminum concentrations were 10 to 20 fold greater in most cow's milk - based formulas and 100-fold greater in soy - based formulas.9

If you want to minimize your exposure to dietary acrylamide, you'll need to restrict your intake of the above foods in order to stay well under the EPA reference dose maximum safety level of 2 micrograms per kilogram of body weight (or about 140 micrograms for a person weighing 150 pounds).

Our daily recommended intake level at WHFoods is only 2.4 micrograms per day.