Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | ||
Indicator | Environmental value | Air quality objectives | Period | ||
µg/m 3 (except where noted) | ppm (volume/volume) | ||||
1.2-dichloroethane | health and wellbeing | 764 | 0.173 | 24 hours | |
1.3-butadiene | health and wellbeing | 2.4 | 0.001 | 1 year | |
arsenic and compounds (measured as the total metal content in PM 10) | health and wellbeing | 6ng/m 3 | 1 year | ||
benzene | health and wellbeing | 5.4 | 0.002 | 1 year | |
benzo(a)pyrene (as a marker for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons) | health and wellbeing | 0.3ng/m 3 | 1 year | ||
cadmium and compounds (measured as the total metal content in PM 10) | health and wellbeing | 5ng/m 3 | 1 year | ||
carbon disulfide | health and wellbeing | 109 | 0.032 | 24 hours | |
protecting aesthetic environment | 22 | 0.006 | 30 minutes | ||
carbon monoxide | health and wellbeing | 11mg/m 3 | 9 | 8 hours | |
dichloromethane | health and wellbeing | 3.3mg/m 3 | 0.9 | 24 hours | |
0.49mg/m 3 | 0.13 | 1 week | |||
fluoride | health and biodiversity of ecosystems (other than protected areas) | 2.9 | 24 hours | ||
0.84 | 30 days | ||||
0.5 | 90 days | ||||
health and biodiversity of ecosystems (for protected areas) | 0.1 | 90 days | |||
protecting agriculture | 1.5 | 24 hours | |||
0.4 | 30 days | ||||
0.25 | 90 days | ||||
formaldehyde | health and wellbeing | 54 | 0.04 | 24 hours | |
protecting aesthetic environment | 109 | 0.082 | 30 minutes | ||
hydrogen sulfide | health and wellbeing | 164 | 0.108 | 24 hours | |
protecting aesthetic environment | 7.5 | 0.005 | 30 minutes | ||
inorganic mercury vapour | health and wellbeing | 1.1 | 1 year | ||
lead and compounds (measured as the total metal content in total suspended particles) | health and wellbeing | 0.5 | 1 year | ||
manganese and compounds (measured as the total metal content in PM 10) | health and wellbeing | 0.16 | 1 year | ||
nickel and compounds (measured as the total metal content in PM 10) | health and wellbeing | 22ng/m 3 | 1 year | ||
nitrogen dioxide | health and wellbeing | 164 | 0.08 | 1 hr | |
31 | 0.015 | 1 year | |||
health and biodiversity of ecosystems | 33 | 0.016 | 1 year | ||
ozone | health and wellbeing | 139 | 0.065 | 8 hours | |
ozone (measured as accumulated exposure over a threshold of 40 ppb during daylight hours) | protecting agriculture | 0.2 ppm-hr | 5 days | ||
3 ppm-hr | 3 months | ||||
health and biodiversity of ecosystems (for semi-natural vegetation) | 3 ppm-hr | 3 months | |||
health and biodiversity of ecosystems (for natural or uncultivated areas) | 10 ppm-hr | 6 months | |||
PM 2.5 | health and wellbeing | 25 | 24 hours | ||
8 | 1 year | ||||
PM 10 | health and wellbeing | 50 | 24 hours | ||
health and wellbeing | 25 | 1 year | |||
styrene | health and wellbeing | 284 | 0.061 | 1 week | |
protecting aesthetic environment | 76 | 0.016 | 30 minutes | ||
sulfate | health and wellbeing | 27 | 24 hours | ||
sulfur dioxide | health and wellbeing | 286 | 0.1 | 1 hr | |
57 | 0.02 | 24 hours | |||
protecting agriculture | 31 | 0.011 | 1 year | ||
health and biodiversity of ecosystems (for forests and natural vegetation) | 21 | 0.0075 | 1 year | ||
tetrachloroethylene | health and wellbeing | 0.27mg/m 3 | 0.037 | 1 year | |
protecting aesthetic environment | 8.7mg/m 3 | 1.2 | 30 minutes | ||
toluene | health and wellbeing | 4.1mg/m 3 | 1 | 24 hours | |
400 | 0.1 | 1 year | |||
protecting aesthetic environment | 1.1mg/m 3 | 0.3 | 30 minutes | ||
total suspended particles | health and wellbeing | 90 | 1 year | ||
vanadium and compounds (measured as the total metal content in PM 10) | health and wellbeing | 1.1 | 24 hours | ||
vinyl chloride monomer | health and wellbeing | 28 | 0.010 | 24 hours | |
visibility reducing particles | protecting aesthetic environment | 20km visibility in the air environment | 1 hr | ||
xylenes (as a total of ortho, meta and para isomers) | health and wellbeing | 1.2mg/m 3 | 0.25 | 24 hours | |
950 | 0.2 | 1 year |