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This dataset was first added to MfE Data Service on 15 Oct 2018.
Benzene concentrations in Hamilton, 2003–16
New Zealand's Environment Reporting Series: The Ministry for the Environment and Statistics New Zealand
Benzene is a volatile organic compound (VOC) that is common in the air. Motor vehicles are benzene’s primary emission source (Guerreiro, Foltescu, & de Leeuw, 2014; Weisel, 2010) although burning wood or coal for home heating, volcanoes, and forest fires also emit benzene.
Benzene is a human carcinogen (World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe Copenhagen, 2000) that has been shown to cause leukaemia (Smith, 2010), and is associated with developmental, immune, neurological, reproductive, and respiratory problems (Bahadar, Mostafalou, & Abdollahi, 2014). Acute exposure can affect the liver and respiration (Bahadar et al, 2014).
More information on this dataset and how it relates to our environmental reporting indicators and topics can be found in the attached data quality pdf.
Waikato Regional Council
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2003–16, Hamilton
https://data.mfe.govt.nz/table/98412-benzene-concentrations-in-hamilton-200316/
OA18/002
Dataset
eng-nz
Environmental reporting series: Our air 2018