Unit of measurement based on number of particles.
1The EPA says a concentration of five parts per billion is acceptable.
2Note that micrograms per liter is the same thing as parts per billion.
3My tap water sample was very close to five parts per billion TCE.
4The spectrometers typically detect chemicals in the "low parts per billion" range.
5The highest test results were at 11 parts per billion (ppb).
6The European Union limits are 60 parts per billion.
7Its mass is uncertain to 20 parts per billion.
8But Formisano measured formaldehyde at 130 parts per billion.
9The Ministry of Health (MOH) guideline for safe drinking water is 2 parts per billion.
10In comparison, Earth's atmosphere contains roughly 1,700 parts per billion of methane.
11The federal level as mandated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is 15 parts per billion.
12The state's limit is one part per billion, below the federal government's limit of five parts per billion.
13Canada's are 63 parts per billion.
14The US standards, which allow up to 75 parts per billion, are a relic of the George Bush administration.
15In the tainted bottles of Coke, these residues were present at levels of between five and seventeen parts per billion.
16Of those, eight sites had lead readings above 100 parts per billion, according to a statement from Governor Rick Snyder's office.
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