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Table 1 Summary of the results in μg/m3 (except benzo(a)pyrene: ng/m3) of the air quality monitoring system of the Schiphol area in 2002

From: Incidence of cancer in the area around Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in 1988–2003: a population-based ecological study

Pollutant

Unit

Limit

Location of monitoring station

   

Badhoevedorp

Oude Meer

Hoofddorp

NO2

year average

40a

38

38

31

 

maximum

200b

163

544(1x > 200)

124

CO

P98 (8 hours)

9000

112

100

88

 

P99,9

40000

134

165

160

O3

maximum

240c

185

174

266 (2x > 240)

PM10

average (year)

40d,e

26

24

28

 

maximum (24 hours)

50d,f

81 (13x > 50)

81 (8x > 50)

132 (22x > 50)

Benzene

year average

10

1.4

1.1

0.7

Black smoke

P98 (24 hours)

90g

42

48

34

Benzo(a)pyrene

year average

1

0.14

  
  1. a as of 1-1-2010
  2. b exceeding of the limit no more than 18 times per annum
  3. c exceeding of the limit not more than 48 hours
  4. d including factor 1.3
  5. e as of 1-1-2005
  6. f exceeding of the limit no more than 35 times per annum
  7. g the limit expired in July 2001
  8. PM10 = particulate matter <10 μm