EPA Ireland Archive of Benzene Monitoring Data

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Benzene is found in the air from emissions from burning coal and oil, gasoline service stations, and motor vehicle exhaust. Acute (short-term) inhalation exposure of humans to benzene may cause drowsiness, dizziness, headaches, as well as eye, skin, and respiratory tract irritation, and, at high levels, unconsciousness. Chronic (long-term) inhalation exposure has caused various disorders in the blood, including reduced numbers of red blood cells and aplastic anemia, in occupational settings.

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Att 1    Kilkenny_SevilleLodge_Benzene_2019_ugm3_day.xlsx   (0.02 Mb)
Att 2    Dublin_Rathmines_Benzene_2019_ugm3_day.xlsx   (0.01 Mb)
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Att 5    Kilkenny_SevilleLodge_Benzene_2018_ugm3_day.xlsx   (0.02 Mb)
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Att 7    Kilkenny_SevilleLodge_Benzene_2017_ugm3_day.xlsx   (0.01 Mb)
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Author(s)EPA,
Title Of WebsiteSecure Archive For Environmental Research Data
Publication InformationEPA Ireland Archive of Benzene Monitoring Data
Name of OrganisationEnvironmental Protection Agency Ireland
Electronic Address or URL https://eparesearch.epa.ie/safer/resource?id=19d77faa-76fb-102b-aa08-55a7497570d3
Unique Identifier19d77faa-76fb-102b-aa08-55a7497570d3
Date of AccessLast Updated on SAFER: 2024-11-06

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SAFER-Data Display URL https://eparesearch.epa.ie/safer/iso19115/display?isoID=73
Resource KeywordsBenzene
EPA/ERTDI/STRIVE Project CodeAir Quality
EPA/ERTDI/STRIVE Project ThemeAir Quality
Resource Availability: Any User Can Download Files From This Resource
Public-Open
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Number of Attached Files (Publicly and Openly Available for Download): 70
Project Start Date Sunday 1st June 1997 (01-06-1997)
Earliest Recorded Date within any attached datasets or digital objects Sunday 1st January 1995 (01-01-1995)
Most Recent Recorded Date within any attached datasets or digital objects Thursday 31st December 2009 (31-12-2009)
Published on SAFERMonday 19th May 2008 (19-05-2008)
Date of Last EditWednesday 28th October 2020 at 15:14:20 (28-10-2020)
Datasets or Files Updated On Wednesday 28th October 2020 at 15:14:20 (28-10-2020)

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Benzene is monitored at mobile and fixed stations on the Island of Ireland.

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2008/50/EC - CAFE directive
Supplementary Information
Benzene is measured using a Syntec Spectra G.C. 955. This is in- situ Gas Chromatography. The ambient air is sampled and is pre-concentrated before analysis on the G.C. This is to allow for detection of low-level analytes. The G.C. is automated, with semi-continuous sampling.

FILENAME CONVENTION: To intuitively guide users on the data contained in each of the dataset files the FILENAMES shown abide by a simple convention. The first part of the filename corresponds to the station location where the monitoring took place, the second refers to the pollutant measured. The third part of the filename corresponds to the year of measurement. For datasets which contain data measured over two years rather than one the year provided includes the year when measurement commented at that station site. If measurement data was collected at using a mobile monitoring station the code TR will follow the pollutant name.

FILE TYPES: For the most part files will be available in one of three different formats. MS Excel spreadsheet format (look for the XLS file name),Comma Separated formats (CSV file type), or plain text (TXT file type). The latter two will open in recent versions of MS Excel.
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  http://www.epa.ie/whatwedo/monitoring/air/monitor/ (Opens in a new window)

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