legal limit

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In the San Fernando Valley, neighbors reported fearfully of neighbors storing as much as a hundred gallons in their garages, 10 times the legal limit.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

If the government wanted the agency to take on commitments beyond that legal limit, Congress would need to pass new legislation to raise the cap.

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026

A necklace sold on Shein had 8,500 times the legal limit of cadmium, a toxic metal, they found.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

Some gels, containing more than 500 times the legal limit of bleaching agent for over-the-counter products, are sold blatantly on social media.

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2025

So on March 14, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare raised the legal limit for annual exposure in an emergency to 250 mSv.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland