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Whole Foods Cold Smoked Atlantic Salmon (<570 nanograms per serving) had the most DEHP contamination in seafood products.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
Whole Foods Mozzarella String Cheese Low-Moisture Part-Skim (<280 nanograms per serving) led the dairy category.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
The World Health Organization defines low ferritin in adults as below 15 nanograms per milliliter, but in clinical practice, iron deficiency may be diagnosed when ferritin is below 30 nanograms per milliliter.
—Caroline C. Boyle, USA TODAY, 30 Dec. 2024
But researchers accidentally had that figure as 42,000 nanograms per day.3
So because the data showed that people using black plastic could be exposed to 34,700 nanograms of BDE-209 per day, researchers were alarmed.
—Kaitlin Sullivan, Health, 21 Dec. 2024
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International Scientific Vocabulary
First Known Use
1951, in the meaning defined above
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“Nanogram.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nanogram. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
Kids Definition
nanogram
noun
nano·gram
ˈnan-ə-ˌgram
: one billionth of a gram
Medical Definition
nanogram
noun
nano·gram
variants
or chiefly British nanogramme
: one billionth of a gram
—abbreviation ng
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