Table 4

Monitored concentrations of benzene in Teesside (ppb)

Monitoring location
(see table1)
Year Zone4-150Type of monitoring
42 Site study4-151Study survey 1993–4Continuous monitoring 1992–3 mean of 2 y
1994 Range of means over study periodMean of all sites
ResidentialN/A0.5–1.91.2
RoadsideN/A1.6–2.22.0
IndustrialN/A0.6–2.81.2
RuralN/AN/A0.5
Dormanstown (1)A1.4
Grangetown (2)A2.4
South Bank (4)A2.4
East Middlesbrough (6,8,10)B1.31.3
Blue Hall (18)C1.6
Hardwick (19)C1.1
  • 4-150 Zone: A=near; B=intermediate; C=far.

  • 4-151 Survey conducted by AEA Technology during a 2 week periods26; continuous monitoring was part of the national automated urban network, analysed by25 28.