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
The DFC operates under a legal limit on how much financial risk it can take on at any given time.
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 contain more than 500 times the legal limit of bleaching agent for over-the-counter products, and are being handed over in car parks and on doorsteps.
From BBC • Oct. 28, 2025
The company is fined for each metric ton of pollutants over the legal limit.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
