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

District Court for the Eastern District of New York found that population distortion across the state Senate districts had fallen just within the legal limit courts have allowed under the 14th Amendment.

From Salon • Jun. 4, 2025

Remember, the legal limit for radiation exposure for a worker in emergency situations had just been raised from 100 to 250 mSv per year.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland