Table 3 References value from European Union Directive (EU) and international guidelines (WHO).
From: Assessing external exposome by implementing an Environmental Data Management System using Open Data
EU | WHO | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Directive | Limit value | Reference | Guideline’s value | |
Air quality | ||||
PM10 (annual average, µg/m3) | 2008/50/EC30 | 40 | WHO, 202131 | 15 |
PM2.5 (annual average, µg/m3) | 25 | 5 | ||
NO2 (annual average, µg/m3) | 40 | 10 | ||
O3 (summer average, µg/m3) | No limit value | 60a | ||
Traffic noise | ||||
Lden (annual average, dB) | 2002/49/EC32 | 55* | WHO, 201833 | 53 |
Lnight (annual average, dB) | 50* | 45 | ||
Railway noise | ||||
Lden (annual average, dB) | 2002/49/EC32 | 55* | WHO, 201833 | 54 |
Lnight (annual average, dB) | 50* | 44 | ||
Drinking water | ||||
Acrylamide (µg/L) | 2020/2184/EU34 | 0.1 | WHO, 202228 | 0.5 |
Antimony (µg/L) | 10 | 20 | ||
Arsenic (µg/L) | 10 | 10 | ||
Boron (mg/L) | 1.5 | 2.4 | ||
Bromate (µg/L) | 10 | 10 | ||
Cadmium (µg/L) | 5 | 3 | ||
Chlorates and chlorites (mg/L) | 0.25 | 0.7 | ||
Chromium (µg/L) | 25 | 50 | ||
Copper (mg/L) | 2 | 2 | ||
Cyanide (µg/L) | 50 | 70b | ||
Fluoride (mg/L) | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
Lead (µg/L) | 5 | 10 | ||
Mercury (µg/L) | 1 | 6 | ||
Nickel (µg/L) | 20 | 70 | ||
Nitrate (mg/L) | 50 | 50 | ||
Nitrite (mg/L) | 0.50 | 3 | ||
Selenium (µg/L) | 20 | 40 | ||
1,2-dichloroethane (µg/L) | 3 | 30 | ||
Benzene (µg/L) | 1 | 10 | ||
Benzo(a)pyrene (µg/L) | 0.01 | 0.7 | ||
Epichlorohydrin (µg/L) | 0.10 | 0.4 | ||
Haloacetic acids (HAA) (µg/L) | 60 | |||
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) (µg/L) | 0.1 | |||
Tetrachloroethene and trichloroethene (µg/L) | 10 | 8 | ||
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) (µg/L) | 100 | |||
Vinyl chloride (µg/L) | 0.5 | 0.3 | ||
Enterococci (CFU/100 ml) | 0 | 0 | ||
Escherichia coli (CFU/100 ml) | 0 | 0 | ||
Total pesticides (µg/L) | 0.5 | |||
