POLLUTANT
GROUPS3
VOCs (Volatile
Organic
Compounds)
Arsenic compounds
5.00x10⁻5 0.005 µg/m³
Combustion, industrial processes
0.05 µg/m³
Industrial processes (e.g., steel)
Manganese
compounds
PAH
(Polycyclic
Aromatic
Hydrocarbons)
Useful Detection
Limits5
Cobalt
Metals
Air Pollutant
of Interest (Click
on Pollutant to
obtain more
information)4
0.01 µg/m³
Industrial processes (e.g., iron & steel), fuel
combustion
Nickel compounds
Benzo (a) pyrene
and other PAHs
Naphthalene
0.0005-0.01 µg/m³
0.0001 µg/m³
0.005-0.05 µg/m³
Fuel combustion, industrial processes,
mothballs, tobacco
Acrolein
0.005 µg/m³
Benzene
0.01 -10 µg/m³
0.01-0.5 µg/m³
Chromium (VI)
1.00x10⁻⁵ -0.01 µg/m³
Formaldehyde
0.01 - 1 µg/m³
Fuel combustion, mobile sources, industrial
processes, tobacco
Mobile sources, refineries and other industrial
processes, tobacco
Significant monitoring challenges. At some
concentrations an odor can be detected.
At some concentrations an odor can be
detected.
Mobile sources, industrial processes, forest
fires, other combustion, tobacco
At some concentrations an odor can be
detected.
Industrial processes (e.g., ore refining, chemical
processing, cement production)
Mobile sources, industrial processes,
incinerators, consumer products, tobacco
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Additional Notes
Fuel combustion, industrial processes
Fuel combustion, industrial processes, tobacco
1,3- butadiene
Individual
Pollutants
Examples of sources
Significant amount is secondarily formed
from biogenics