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Human health and wellbeing relies on the quality of our environment every day.
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Toluene is a component of petrol and is commonly found in industrial solvents.
The chart on this page shows average toluene concentrations measured by EPA at each monitoring site. Average concentrations are presented, as this is the basis on which the health-based monitoring investigation level is set.
All results are well below the health-based monitoring investigation level.
ppb: parts per billion (for every one billion litres of air there is one litre of the pollutant)
Note: Some projects ran for less than twelve months. More information on individual projects is available on this website.
2003
Alphington
2.1
Footscray
1.2
2003–04
Nunawading (Springvale Road)
3.1
2004
Brooklyn (Westgate Freeway)
6.0
2004–05
Corio
1.0
2005–06
Eltham
1.8
2006
Newport
4.3
Spotswood
2.2
2006–07
Carlton
2.4
South Melbourne
1.6
2007
Traralgon
0.3
National Environment Protection Measure (NEPM) investigation level (annual average)
Page last updated on 17 Sep 2014