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Summer Always Posted 17 years ago
Hello,
The following is from today’s Toronto Star. I don’t understand exactly what “outer guideline” means here. I will appreciate if somebody can explain it to me hopefully with another usage example.
Thank you.
“The Canadian Council for Donation and Transplantation guidelines are generally two hours, but experience shows that 30 minutes is the outer guideline…”
If you need to read the full article:
http://www.parentcentral.ca/parent/article/614848
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Outer?
Hello,
The following is from today’s Toronto Star. I don’t understand exactly what “outer guideline” means here. I will appreciate if somebody can explain it to me hopefully with another usage example.
Thank you.
“The Canadian Council for Donation and Transplantation guidelines are generally two hours, but experience shows that 30 minutes is the outer guideline…”
If you need to read the full article:
http://www.parentcentral.ca/parent/article/614848
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Good grief, what a gruesome practice! The writer is trying to say that even though two hours is the official maximum time it can take for the victim to die the actual maximum (in order for the organs to be viable) is thirty minutes. Just writing about this makes me feel like I need a shower.
- Good grief, what a gruesome practice!
- The writer is trying to say that even though two hours is the official maximum time it can take for the victim to die the actual maximum (in order for the organs to be viable) is thirty minutes.
- Just writing about this makes me feel like I need a shower.
- Yech.
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Good grief, what a gruesome practice!
The writer is trying to say that even though two hours is the official maximum time it can take for the victim to die the actual maximum (in order for the organs to be viable) is thirty minutes.
Just writing about this makes me feel like I need a shower. Yech.
The writer is trying to say that even though two hours is the official maximum time it can take for the victim to die the actual maximum (in order for the organs to be viable) is thirty minutes.
Just writing about this makes me feel like I need a shower. Yech.
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Thank you for your explanation.
Then, the sentence below would make sense?
All carcinogens (such as radon) must have MCLGs (Maximum Contamination Level Goals) of zero. This is a non-enforceable goal.
In 1999, under The Safe Drinking Water Act, EPA proposed an MCL (Maxium Contamination Level) guideline for Radon in drinking water at 300 pCi/l.
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Summer AlwaysThen, the sentence below would make sense?The original article you quoted was not clearly worded even though it is understandable. Just because your reader can puzzle out what you mean does not mean that what you write is clear. I wouldn't recommend using this formulation. How about this "... researchers suggest an MCL of 50 pCi/1."
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outer = outermost = farthest out = most extreme = the limiting case
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I see...
Thank you for correcting me.
I'm glad I joined this forum.
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Thank you for correcting me.
I'm glad I joined this forum.
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