ReviewHeliyon2019
Analysis of benzene air quality standards, monitoring methods and concentrations in indoor and outdoor environment.
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27 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 142 citations in OpenAlex.
- Benzene Exposure and Lung Cancer Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Human Studies.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Pooled it
- Assessment of health risks from exposure to indoor volatile organic compounds in European educational buildings.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Benzene and human health: a comprehensive review of carcinogenic risks, mechanisms, and preventive strategies.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2025Review
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- High Sensitivity Online Sensor for BTEX in Ambient Air Based on Multiphoton Electron Extraction Spectroscopy.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Volatile Organic Compounds in Indoor Air: Sampling, Determination, Sources, Health Risk, and Regulatory Insights.Toxics · 2025Review
- The application of PTR-MS and non-targeted analysis to characterize VOCs emitted from a plastic recycling facility fire.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2025Article
- Integrative multi-omics analysis of metabolic dysregulation induced by occupational benzene exposure in mice.The Science of the total environment · 2025Article
- First measurement report for volatile organic compounds characteristics during winter in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Outdoor Pollution Comparison Between Bucharest and Its Outskirts Using Mobile Laboratory.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- State of the Art and Challenges in Complete Benzene Oxidation: A Review.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Towards automated inclusion of autoxidation chemistry in models: from precursors to atmospheric implications.Environmental science: atmospheres · 2024Article
- Benzene: A critical review on measurement methodology, certified reference material, exposure limits with its impact on human health and mitigation strategies.Environmental analysis, health and toxicology · 2024Article
- Occupational Benzene Exposure: An Unrecognized Threat for Lung Cancer Development.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2024Article
- Racial and ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in childhood cancer incidence trends in the United States, 2000-2019.Journal of the National Cancer Institute · 2023Article
- A Three-Year Analysis of Toxic Benzene Levels and Associated Impact in Ploieşti City, Romania.Toxics · 2023Article
- Gas and Propane Combustion from Stoves Emits Benzene and Increases Indoor Air Pollution.Environmental science & technology · 2023Article
- Development of a Long-Term Sampling Method for Determination of NMHCs in Indoor Air.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Trace removal of benzene vapour using double-walled metal-dipyrazolate frameworks.Nature materials · 2022Article
- Correlation of Occupational Exposure to Carcinogenic Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (cPAHs) and Blood Levels of p53 and p21 Proteins.Biomolecules · 2022Article
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Authors and funding
3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
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Abstract
Benzene is a proven carcinogen. Its synergistic action with other pollutants can damage different components of the biosphere. Literature comparing the air quality standards of benzene, its monitoring methods and global concentrations are sparse. This study compiles the worldwide available air quality standards for benzene and highlights the importance of strict and uniform standards all over the world. It was found that out of the 193 United Nation member states, only 53 countries, including the European Union member states, have ambient air quality standard for benzene. Even where standards were available, in most cases, they were not protective of public health. An extensive literature review was conducted to compile the available monitoring and analysis methods for benzene, and found that the most preferred method, i.e, analyzing by Gas Chromatography and Mass spectroscopy is not cost effective and not suitable for real-time continuous monitoring. The study compared the concentrations of benzene in the indoor and outdoor air reported from different countries. Though the higher concentrations of benzene noticed in the survey were mostly from Asian countries, both in the case of indoor and outdoor air, the concentrations were not statistically different across the various continents. Based on the analyzed data, the average benzene level in the ambient air of Asian countries (371 μg/m
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