The agency's current rules permit lead levels of 50 parts per billion or lower in water.

Ionization of materials temporarily increases their conductivity, potentially permitting damaging current levels.

But it permits amazing levels of skin and fat in processed meats.

Another report in the journal found evidence that factory workers exposed to benzene at the highest federally permitted levels had higher rates of leukemia.

Golf courses may increase water consumption to 80 percent of normally permitted levels, up from 50 percent.

It said present laws and rules permitted relatively high levels of pesticides to reach consumers.

UCore is designed to permit "definable levels of interoperability" across user communities.

The decision follows concern that concentrations in water supplies are exceeding EC permitted levels.

As gross domestic product increases, the new systems and procedures permit greater levels of output with little additional hiring.

The new system would be designed in such a way as to permit various levels of convergence of the Member States.