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Acceptable daily intake or ADI is a measure of the amount of a specific substance (originally applied for a food additive, later also for a residue of a veterinary drug or pesticide) in food or drinking water that can be ingested (orally) daily over a lifetime without an appreciable health risk. [1]
For example, in 2002 the EPA completed its draft toxicological review of perchlorate and proposed an RfD of 0.00003 milligrams per kilogram per day (mg/kg/day) based primarily on studies that identified neurodevelopmental deficits in rat pups. These deficits were linked to maternal exposure to perchlorate.
The tonne (t) is an SI-compatible unit of mass equal to a megagram (Mg), or 10 3 kg. The unit is in common use for masses above about 10 3 kg and is often used with SI prefixes. For example, a gigagram (Gg) or 10 9 g is 10 3 tonnes, commonly called a kilotonne.
The LD 50 is usually expressed as the mass of substance administered per unit mass of test subject, typically as milligrams of substance per kilogram of body mass, sometimes also stated as nanograms (suitable for botulinum), micrograms, or grams (suitable for paracetamol) per kilogram. Stating it this way allows the relative toxicity of ...
Sample Reference Elemental mEq Elemental mEq to compound weight Potassium (reference) K 39.098 g/mol 1 (K +) 20 mEq potassium 20*39.098/1=782 mg Potassium citrate monohydrate C 6 H 7 K 3 O 8: 324.41 g/mol 3 (K +) Liquid potassium citrate/gluconate therapy for adults and teenagers taken two to four times a day [3] 20 mEq potassium 20*324/3=2160 mg
A CBS News investigation found dozens of law enforcement leaders — sheriffs, captains, lieutenants, chiefs of police — buying and illegally selling firearms, even weapons of war, across 23 U.S ...
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A passenger on a plane sniffed out another traveler's foul-smelling food in a viral video he recently posted on social media.. Zavier Torrence, 25, told Fox News Digital he was on the second leg ...